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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783352903321

Autore

Jenkins Stephen H

Titolo

How science works [[electronic resource] ] : evaluating evidence in biology and medicine / / Stephen H. Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-770133-7

1-280-50291-6

1-282-36743-9

0-19-803604-3

9786612367434

9786610502912

1-60256-706-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 227 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

570/.28

Soggetti

Biology - Methodology

Medicine - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work teaches readers about the scientific process, showing how one frames questions and designs experiments to test hypotheses, how one assesses evidence to elucidate multiple or complex causes, the different forms of explanations, elementary meta-analysis and more.