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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961713103321

Autore

Gott Richard <1946->

Titolo

Understanding and using scientific evidence : how to critically evaluate data / / Richard Gott and Sandra Duggan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2003

ISBN

9786610370559

9781446239452

1446239454

9780857020161

0857020161

9781280370557

1280370556

9781412932219

1412932211

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 198 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

DugganSandra <1949->

Disciplina

507.27

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy

Evidence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - The Design of a simple investigation; Chapter 3 - Different types of variables; Chapter 4 - Other, and more complex, designs; Chapter 5 - Making the best use of tables and graphs; Chapter 6 - What do the data mean?; Chapter 7 - Are the measurements good enough?; Chapter 8 - Samples and populations; Chapter 9 - Lots of measurements; Chapter 10 - Data as part of evidence; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text shows that there are things to understand about scientific evidences: difficult concepts about the structure of experiments; causality; repeatability and the validity and reliability of evidence upon which decisions have to be made.