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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.

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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.
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