LEADER 02871nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910961713103321 005 20250416110915.0 010 $a9786610370559 010 $a9781446239452 010 $a1446239454 010 $a9780857020161 010 $a0857020161 010 $a9781280370557 010 $a1280370556 010 $a9781412932219 010 $a1412932211 035 $a(CKB)1000000000031181 035 $a(EBL)254778 035 $a(OCoLC)191036545 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264176 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11192371 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264176 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283653 035 $a(PQKB)10872270 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC254778 035 $a(OCoLC)729031031 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000018897 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL254778 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10076768 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL37055 035 $a(OCoLC)70773981 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB130960 035 $a(PPN)227920945 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88869884 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000031181 100 $a20020724d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnderstanding and using scientific evidence $ehow to critically evaluate data /$fRichard Gott and Sandra Duggan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aThousand Oaks, Calif. $cSAGE$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 198 p.) $cill 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780761970842 311 08$a0761970843 311 08$a9780761970835 311 08$a0761970835 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 8 $aThis 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. 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 606 $aEvidence 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEvidence. 676 $a507.27 700 $aGott$b Richard$f1946-$01807864 701 $aDuggan$b Sandra$f1949-$01807865 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961713103321 996 $aUnderstanding and using scientific evidence$94357837 997 $aUNINA