Table of Contents

Section 1: Planning your experiment1: Where do I begin?2: Planning your experiment3: Questions, focus groups, and interviews4: Research, the law, and youSection 2: Handling your data5: What to do with raw data6: An introduction to hypothesis testing7: Hypothesis testing: do my data fit an expected ratio?8: Hypothesis testing: associations and relationships9: Hypothesis testing: do my samples come from the same population? Parametric data10: Hypothesis testing: do my samples come from the same population? Non-parametric dataSection 3: Reporting your results11: Reporting your researchAppendix a.How to choose a research projectAppendix b.Planning your experimentAppendix c.Which statistical test should I choose?Appendix d.Tables of critical values for statistical testsAppendix e.Maths and statisticsGlossaryReferencesIndex

About the Author

Debbie Holmes is a senior lecturer, and Diana Dine and Peter Moody are lecturers, in the Department of Applied Sciences, Geography and Archaeology at University College Worcester, UK. Between them, the authors have wide experience of teaching across a broad range of biological and environmental science-based subject areas, and developing web-based resources to support their undergraduate teaching.

Reviews

Review(s) from previous edition"Well-organised and easy to read, Research Methods for the Biosciences is a useful tool for undergraduates, not to mention those involved in teaching in this field. - David Sotres, Good Clinical Practice Journal, August 2006