| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
How science works/ Stephen H. Jenkins. |
| Reminder of title: |
evaluating evidence in biology and medicine / |
| Author: |
Jenkins, Stephen H. |
| Published: |
Oxford ;Oxford University Press, : 2004., |
| Description: |
x, 227 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Do vitamin C and other antioxidants benefit health? Using observational and experimental studies to test medical hypotheses -- Can police dogs identify criminal suspects by smell? Using experiments to test hypotheses about animal behavior -- Why are frogs in trouble? Complementary observations and experiments to test hypotheses in ecology -- How do animals find stored food? Strong inference by testing alternative hypotheses -- What causes cancer? The complexities of causation -- Why do we age? Different levels of causation as complementary explanations -- How does coffee affect health? Combining results of multiple studies -- How will climate change affect the spread of human diseases? Models and the perils of prediction -- Conclusion : how science works and its role in society -- Appendix 1 : Using data for twins to estimate genetic and environmental contributions to the risk of cancer -- Appendix 2 : Precision and the power of statistical tests. |
| Subject: |
Biology - Methodology. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120986An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0195186524 (electronic bk.) |