Student projects in environmental science:
A one-stop resource for quantitative environmental science methodology, this guide walks readers through their research project-from the initial stages of choosing a suitable topic, conducting the relevant experiments, and interpreting the data through an effective presentation of the results. (Quel...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A one-stop resource for quantitative environmental science methodology, this guide walks readers through their research project-from the initial stages of choosing a suitable topic, conducting the relevant experiments, and interpreting the data through an effective presentation of the results. (Quelle: www.buchhandel.de 23.06.08) |
| Beschreibung: | VI, 163 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780470845660 9780470845646 |
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Preface vii
Acknowledgement jx
1 General strategies for completing your
research project successfully 1
1.1 Introduction - why is this book necessary? 1
1.2 What on earth am I going to do for my research project? 2
1.3 Fundamentals of scientific research, the generation and testing
of hypotheses (see also chapter 4) 4
1.4 What constitutes research? Distinguishing between monitoring and research 5
1.5 Project planning 6
1.6 Conducting your project safely 10
1.7 How to conduct a literature review (see also chapter 7) 10
1.8 How to be a research student 13
1.9 How to manage your supervisor 15
1.10 Summary 17
2 Gathering your data 19
2.1 Different types of data 19
2.2 Designing an experimental research project 21
2.3 How reliable are your data? 28
3 How to summarise your data 31
3.1 Descriptive statistics 31
3.2 Probabilities and data distributions 36
3.3 Choosing the appropriate statistical test 39
4 Testing hypotheses 43
4.1 Coincidence or causality? 43
4.2 Relationships and differences 48
4.3 Testing for differences 51
5 Spotting relationships 67
5.1 Linear regression - to what extent does one factor influence another? 67
5.2 Multiple linear regression - to what extent is a given variable influenced
by a range of other variables? 81
5.3 Non-linear regression 84
5.4 Pattern recognition 88
6 Making sense of past, present and future
systems - mathematical modelling 97
6.1 What is a model? 97
6.2 Functions of models 99
vi CONTENTS
6.3 Which type of model should I use? 101
6.4 How do I build a model? Ill
6.5 Steps in developing a model 118
6.6 Illustrative case study 128
7 Presenting your work 145
7.1 Getting started - strategies for successful writing 145
7.2 How to write your dissertation 145
7.3 How to represent graphically your data 149
7.4 How to cite references 153
7.5 How to defend your work in an oral exam 156
7.6 How to make effective oral presentations 158
7.7 Summary 160
Index 161
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