Research & Methodology

In 1913, English physicist Henry Moseley transformed our understanding of the elements by organizing them by atomic number, from hydrogen to uranium. However, it soon became obvious that researchers had yet to discover seven completely unknown elements. ...

Today's complex research challenges demand effective teams, yet researchers rarely receive training in teamwork skills crucial for collaborative success. This book fills that gap, outlining theory and providing practical actions that equip researchers...

The text discusses a book that provides a comprehensive introduction to research methodology. The book begins with an introduction to research methodology and proceeds to discuss data collection and sampling techniques. The book then delves into sample...

'Giving a talk' is one of the most important ways in which we communicate our research. The 'talk' covers everything from a ten-minute briefing on progress to a handful of colleagues, to a keynote address to a major international conference with more...

'Giving a talk' is one of the most important ways in which we communicate our research. The 'talk' covers everything from a ten-minute briefing on progress to a handful of colleagues, to a keynote address to a major international conference with more...

In Seeing Things, Robert Hudson assesses a common way of arguing about observation reports called "robustness reasoning." Robustness reasoning claims that an observation report is more likely to be true if the report is produced by multiple, independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789198900842Author Rafiq MuhammadFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Muhammad RafiqPublisher Muhammad RafiqWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm...

Microscopy is at the forefront of multidisciplinary research. It was developed by physicists, made specific by chemists, and applied by biologists and doctors to better understand how the human body works. For this very reason, the field has been...

A concise, nuts-and-bolts encapsulation of the essentials qualitative researchers in STEMM need to know to get their work accepted and published, written by a longtime qualitative methodologist and qualitative reviewer for academic journals. About the...

Reproducibility is fundamental to the scientific method. After reading a paper describing research findings, a scientist should be able to repeat the experiment and obtain the same results. Yet an alarming number-perhaps as high as 90 percent-of...

A concise, nuts-and-bolts encapsulation of the essentials qualitative researchers in STEMM need to know to get their work accepted and published, written by a longtime qualitative methodologist and qualitative reviewer for academic journals. About the...

An accessible guide to understanding statistics using simulations, with examples from a range of scientific disciplinesReal-world challenges such as small sample sizes, skewed distributions of data, biased sampling designs, and more predictors than data...

Reproducibility is fundamental to the scientific method. After reading a paper describing research findings, a scientist should be able to repeat the experiment and obtain the same results. Yet an alarming number-perhaps as high as 90 percent-of...

Let this down-to-earth book be your guide to the statistical integrity of your work. Without relying on the detailed and complex mathematical explanations found in many other statistical texts, Principles of Experimental Design for the Life Sciences...

This guide explains the best methods for undertaking the measurement of mass, one of the most frequent operations in the analytical laboratory. It is a technique required when obtaining a known quantity of a sample for analysis; for preparation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788119002825Author Ekwal ImamFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint New India Publishing AgencyPublisher New India Publishing AgencyWeight(grams) 515g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888360392Author Gweneth GloverFormat HardbackPage Count 195Imprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635492507Author Lane CobbFormat HardbackPage Count 297Imprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams)...

If you are not sure what to make of all the claims and counterclaims, this new book will help cut through the conflicting reports and contradictory findings. We are bombarded daily with media reports of startling new findings from "just released" studies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250841865Author Stuart RitchieFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Metropolitan BooksPublisher Metropolitan BooksWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

This book provides theoretically grounded, real-world advice for students beginning to learn how to conduct qualitative research. Drawing on Erin Horvat's extensive experience teaching qualitative methods, the text uses students' questions and concerns...

For most of the history of scientific endeavour, science has been recorded on paper. In this digital era, however, there is increasing pressure to abandon paper in favour of digital tools. Despite the benefits, there are barriers to the adoption of such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781555819927Author Richard J. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint American Society for MicrobiologyPublisher American Society for...

Scientists are supposed to have freedom to choose and conduct their experiments and exchange their ideas. Known as scientific freedom, this idea has been implicated in both wonderful and terrible scientific discoveries. Although it is not new, it has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815740537Author Kelly FitzsimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815740520Author Kelly FitzsimmonsFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 871gDimensions(mm)...

The primary federal program designed to ensure that all states are capable of participating the nation's research enterprise fall under the general rubric of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR). The National Science...

New perspectives on digital scholarship that speak to today's computational realities Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622570072Author James O ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 172Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 386g

This guide explains the best methods for undertaking the measurement of volume, one of the most frequent operations in the laboratory. It is required when obtaining a known quantity of a sample for analysis; for preparation of analytical reagents; and...

Practical Laboratory Skills Training Guides aim to make achieving best practice easy. These invaluable manuals will enable both experienced and inexperienced staff to get the essential basics of any experiment right simply by following the clear and easy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628088298Author James A MarcumFormat HardbackPage Count 177Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 410g

An exploration of the statistical foundations of scientific inference, The Nature of Scientific Evidence asks what constitutes scientific evidence and whether scientific evidence can be quantified statistically. Mark Taper, Subhash Lele, and an esteemed...

Obtaining research funding can be a long, laborious and stressful process. This book helps ease this process by providing practical advice, useful tips and information about funding databases and funding directories. Covering a wide variety of funding...

What Every Student Should Know About Researching Online teaches students how to conduct research in the first place they will look: the Web. They'll learn how to use search engines and databases and judge what they find, how to document the materials...

In No Easy Answers, Allan Franklin offers an accurate picture of science to both a general reader and to scholars in the humanities and social sciences who may not have any background in physics. Through the examination of nontechnical case studies, he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809327799Author Carolyn S. RidenourFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Southern Illinois University PressPublisher Southern Illinois University...

The perfect remedy for our culture of fake news, bad science, and propaganda. We have more scientific information at our fingertips today than ever before. And more disinformation too. Online, on television, and in print, science is often communicated...

This book sets out to explain how scientific research is conducted. Editors Mauro Maldonato and Ricardo Pietrobon and contributors focus on the emerging inter/transdisciplinary dimensions of research. They use an approach grounded in the sciences of...

Observation is the most pervasive and fundamental practice of all the modern sciences, both natural and human. Its instruments include not only the naked senses but also tools such as the telescope and microscope, the questionnaire, the photographic...