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"Guthery uses his long experience, the body of his own research, and the research of other fisheries, range, and wildlife scientists to convey the philosophical underpinnings of science. By providing real-life examples in the practice of natural resource science, he offers some very practical,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guthery, Fred S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science > Methodology.
Natural resources > Management > Research.
Sciences > Méthodologie.
Ressources naturelles > Gestion > Recherche.
Natural resources > Management > Research
Science > Methodology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The nature of science
  • Hypotheses
  • Induction, deduction, and retroduction
  • The nature of facts
  • Being humans
  • Creativity
  • Critical thinking
  • Observational versus experimental science
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Model selection
  • Interpreting single-variable models
  • Interpreting multivariable models
  • Means, ends, and shoulds
  • Publishing
  • Epilogue.

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