The nature and use of ecotoxicological evidence : natural science, statistics, psychology, and sociology /

The Nature and Use of Ecotoxicological Evidence: Natural Science, Statistics, Psychology, and Sociology examines how toxicologists and environmental professionals come to understand and make decisions about possible harm from pollutants. Drawing on concepts and techniques from the natural, social an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Newman, Michael C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2018]
Subjects:
Environmental toxicology.
Ecotoxicology
�Ecotoxicologie.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology.
Environmental toxicology
Internet Resources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Introduction
  • The emerging importance of pollution
  • Section 2: How individuals gather and judge evidence
  • Human reasoning: everyday heuristics and foibles
  • Human reasoning: within scientific traditions and rules
  • Pathological reasoning within sciences
  • Individual scientist: reasoning by the numbers
  • Section 3: How groups weigh and apply evidence
  • Social processing of evidence: commonplace dynamics and foibles
  • How innovations enter and move within groups
  • Evidence in social networks
  • Section 4: Conclusion
  • Conclusion.

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