02919nam 2200793 a 450 991113539860332120260720212353.09786610370559978144623945214462394549780857020161085702016197812803705571280370556978141293221914129322119780857020161 (CKB)1000000000031181(EBL)254778(OCoLC)191036545(SSID)ssj0000264176(PQKBManifestationID)11192371(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264176(PQKBWorkID)10283653(PQKB)10872270(MiAaPQ)EBC254778(OCoLC)729031031(StDuBDS)EDZ0000018897(Au-PeEL)EBL254778(CaPaEBR)ebr10076768(CaONFJC)MIL37055(OCoLC)70773981(FINmELB)ELB130960(PPN)227920945(FR-PaCSA)88869884(FRCYB88869884)88869884(EXLCZ)99100000000003118120020724d2003 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrUnderstanding and using scientific evidence how to critically evaluate data /Richard Gott and Sandra Duggan1st ed.London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE2003London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. :SAGE,2003.1 online resource (ix, 198 p.) illDescription based upon print version of record.9780761970842 0761970843 9780761970835 0761970835 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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.SciencePhilosophyEvidenceSciencePhilosophy.Evidence.507.27Gott Richard1946-Duggan Sandra1949-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911135398603321UNINA