Principles of Scientific Methods

Informationen zum Autor Mark Chang is vice president of biometrics at AMAG Pharmaceuticals and an adjunct professor at Boston University. Dr. Chang is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and a co-founder of the International Society for Biopharmaceutical Statistics. He serves on the editorial boards of statistical journals and has published seven books in biostatistics and science, including Paradoxes in Scientific Inference , Modern Issues and Methods in Biostatistics , Adaptive Design Theory and Implementation Using SAS and R , and Monte Carlo Simulation for the Pharmaceutical Industry . Zusammenfassung The author uses concrete examples to explain fundamental principles behind scientific research and analogies to arrive at a general principle or common notion. The scientific method is used to understand how and why things happen, make predictions, prevent mistakes, and solve problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Science in Perspective. Formal Reasoning. Experimentation. Scientific Inference. Dynamics of Science. Controversies and Challenges. Case Studies. Bibliography. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Chang, Mark (Boston University Chang, Chang Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138469440
• ISBN: 978-1-138-46944-0
• No. of pages: 247
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics