Clearly explains how to plan and carry out reliable experiments, how to conceive and circumstantially support research hypotheses, how to test research hypotheses, how to discover cause and effect, and more. For students and practitioners in all fields of the physical, life, earth, social, and engineering sciences. Contains more than 150 illustrative research examples from all fields. Based on Professor Romesburg's examination of 5,000 top scientific articles, studying the methods used to produce reliable knowledge. See the book's first page explaining the blind peer review of the book that was commissioned and paid for by the author's academic department; see the book's back cover for peer reviewer comments. To read most of it, go to Google Book Search (http://books.google.com/) and enter this: Romesburg Best Research Practices - then click on the book.
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This book is the "Ying" to the "Yang" represented by my shelf of statistics and modeling books. Those of us studying processes in nature, rather than in the controlled environment of a laboratory, need all the help they can get to "obtain reliable knowledge". Romesburg's book provides the guidance for framing intelligent hypotheses and gathering meaningful data to ensure the analyses with appropriate statistical methods is fruitful. The abundance of examples drawn from published literature in many different fields is a great help in illustrating the concepts discussed. Reading it feels less like being buried in the stacks at the library and more like being in a graduate seminar.
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Just by a statistics book.,
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The author attempts to cover experimental design while skimping on the statistics. The best research practice is to consult a statistician or read a statistics book! That is if you seek to prove anything.
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