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Obtaining Scientific Information | p. 3 |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Empirical Science | p. 5 |
Deductive Science | p. 19 |
Elements of Scientific Data and Tests of Questions | p. 33 |
Kinds of Date | p. 33 |
Accuracyand Precision | p. 36 |
Frequency Distributions | p. 37 |
Descriptive Statistics | p. 40 |
Distributions and Transformations of Data | p. 44 |
Tests of Hypotheses | p. 47 |
Statistical Analyses | p. 53 |
Analysis of Variance | p. 54 |
Regression | p. 64 |
Correlation | p. 69 |
Analysis of Frequencies | p. 73 |
Summary of Statistical Analyses | p. 74 |
Transformations of Data | p. 76 |
Principles of Research Design | p. 85 |
Desirable Properties of Research Design | p. 85 |
Design of Treatments | p. 86 |
Design of Layout | p. 90 |
Response Design | p. 101 |
Sensible Experimental Design | p. 103 |
Communication of Scientific Information: Writing | p. 107 |
The Matter of Publication | p. 107 |
The Matter of Which Language to Use | p. 112 |
Writing Scientific English | p. 118 |
Communicating Scientific Information: The Scientific Paper | p. 139 |
Organization of a Scientific Paper | p. 139 |
The Life History of a Scientific Paper | p. 150 |
Scientific Papers: Important and Changing | p. 159 |
Other Means of Scientific Communication | p. 163 |
The Scientific Talk | p. 163 |
The Poster Presentation | p. 171 |
The Proposal | p. 174 |
Presenting Data in Tables | p. 187 |
Why Show Data in Tables? | p. 187 |
The Elements of Tables | p. 190 |
Layout of Tables | p. 193 |
Tables That Need Not Be Tables | p. 195 |
Presenting Data in Figures | p. 199 |
Graphical Perception | p. 204 |
Types of Figures | p. 205 |
Principles of Graphical Representation | p. 225 |
Case Studies of Graphical Data Presentation | p. 235 |
Bivariate Graphs | p. 237 |
Three-Variable Graphs | p. 251 |
Histograms | p. 253 |
Bar Graphs | p. 258 |
Pie Diagrams | p. 264 |
Doing Science in Society | p. 275 |
The Profession of Science | p. 275 |
Unbiased and Independent Judgment | p. 275 |
Validity of Facts | p. 278 |
Giving Credit to Others and Sharing Credit | p. 284 |
How Widespread Is Questionable Behavior in Science? | p. 284 |
Perceptions and Criticisms of Science | p. 291 |
Current Perceptions about Science | p. 291 |
Science and Some Modern Critics | p. 308 |
Sharpening Perceptions about Science | p. 312 |
Index | p. 323 |
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