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Recipes for Science
An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning
Potochnik, Angela; Colombo, Matteo; Wright, Cory
Taylor & Francis Ltd
08/2018
348
Mole
Inglês
9781138920736
15 a 20 dias
840
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List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Science and Your Everyday Life; Chapter 1. What is Science?; 1.1 The Importance of Science; 1.2 Defining Science; 1.3 Recipes for Science; Chapter 2. Experiments and Studies; 2.1 Experiment: Connecting Hypotheses to Observations; 2.2 The Perfectly Controlled Experiment; 2.3 Experimental and Non-Experimental Methods; Chapter 3. Models and Modeling; 3.1 Models in Science; 3.2 Varieties of Models; 3.3 Learning from Models; Chapter 4. Patterns of Interference; 4.1 Deductive Reasoning; 4.2 Deductive Reasoning in Hypothesis-Testing; 4.3 Inductive and Abductive Reasoning; 5. Statistics and Probability; 5.1 The Roles of Statistics and Probability; 5.2 Basic Probability Theory; 5.3 Descriptive Statistics; Chapter 6. Statistical Inference; 6.1 Generalizing from Descriptive Statistics; 6.2 Using Statistics to Test Hypotheses; 6.3 A Different Approach to Statistical Inference; Chapter 7. Causal Reasoning; 7.1 What is Causation?; 7.2 Testing Causal Hypotheses; 7.3 Causal Modeling; Chapter 8. Explanations, Theories, and Values; 8.1 Understanding the World; 8.2 Theories and Theory Change; 8.3 Science, Society, and Values; Glossary; References; Index
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Bayesian Conditioning;standard;Causal Bayes Nets;deviation;Lotka Volterra Model;statistical;Jebel Irhoud;hypothesis;Al Haytham;testing;Ibn Al Haytham;coin;Statistical Hypothesis Testing;toss;Random Assignment;bayesian;Puerperal Fever;conditioning;Coin Toss;lotka;Valid Deductive Inference;Matteo Colombo;Free Throws;Cory Wright;Data Set;Bay Model;Bayes Net;Experimental Entities;HPV Vaccine;Bayes Factor;Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma;Causal Background;Inductive Inference;Null Hypothesis;Data Models;Deductive Inference;Duhem Quine Problem
List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Science and Your Everyday Life; Chapter 1. What is Science?; 1.1 The Importance of Science; 1.2 Defining Science; 1.3 Recipes for Science; Chapter 2. Experiments and Studies; 2.1 Experiment: Connecting Hypotheses to Observations; 2.2 The Perfectly Controlled Experiment; 2.3 Experimental and Non-Experimental Methods; Chapter 3. Models and Modeling; 3.1 Models in Science; 3.2 Varieties of Models; 3.3 Learning from Models; Chapter 4. Patterns of Interference; 4.1 Deductive Reasoning; 4.2 Deductive Reasoning in Hypothesis-Testing; 4.3 Inductive and Abductive Reasoning; 5. Statistics and Probability; 5.1 The Roles of Statistics and Probability; 5.2 Basic Probability Theory; 5.3 Descriptive Statistics; Chapter 6. Statistical Inference; 6.1 Generalizing from Descriptive Statistics; 6.2 Using Statistics to Test Hypotheses; 6.3 A Different Approach to Statistical Inference; Chapter 7. Causal Reasoning; 7.1 What is Causation?; 7.2 Testing Causal Hypotheses; 7.3 Causal Modeling; Chapter 8. Explanations, Theories, and Values; 8.1 Understanding the World; 8.2 Theories and Theory Change; 8.3 Science, Society, and Values; Glossary; References; Index
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Bayesian Conditioning;standard;Causal Bayes Nets;deviation;Lotka Volterra Model;statistical;Jebel Irhoud;hypothesis;Al Haytham;testing;Ibn Al Haytham;coin;Statistical Hypothesis Testing;toss;Random Assignment;bayesian;Puerperal Fever;conditioning;Coin Toss;lotka;Valid Deductive Inference;Matteo Colombo;Free Throws;Cory Wright;Data Set;Bay Model;Bayes Net;Experimental Entities;HPV Vaccine;Bayes Factor;Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma;Causal Background;Inductive Inference;Null Hypothesis;Data Models;Deductive Inference;Duhem Quine Problem
