A Beginner's Guide to Scientific Method
By Stephen S. Carey
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This concise yet comprehensive guide provides an introduction to the scientific method of inquiry as well as detailed coverage of the many misapplications of scientific method that define pseudoscience. Compact enough to be used as a supplementary book in a science class, yet thorough enough in its coverage to be used as a core text in a class on scientific method, this text assists students in using the scientific method to design and assess experiments.
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This concise yet comprehensive guide provides an introduction to the scientific method of inquiry as well as detailed coverage of the many misapplications of scientific method that define pseudoscience. Compact enough to be used as a supplementary book in a science class, yet thorough enough in its coverage to be used as a core text in a class on scientific method, this text assists students in using the scientific method to design and assess experiments.
An introduction to the scientific method which acknowledges that good science must remain utterly open to revision.
Over one hundred practical, relevant exercises and examples address common conceptual issues and pitfalls confronted in students' own practices of scientific learning.
Real-life examples from scientific literature provide immediate practical applications of the concepts encountered in the book.
Detailed, though optional, discussion of the differences between genuine and pseudoscientific claims.
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