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How science works : evaluating evidence in biology and medicine / Stephen H. Jenkins.
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- ISBN: 0195158954 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780195158953 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0195158946 (hardback : acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 9780195158946 (hardback : acid-free paper)
- Physical Description: x, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2004.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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- Biology > Methodology.
Medicine > Methodology.
Biology > methods.
Medicine > methods.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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