How science works : evaluating evidence in biology and medicine /

Main Author: Jenkins, Stephen H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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505 0 |a Do vitamin C and other antioxidants benefit health? Using observational and experimental studies to test medical hypotheses -- Can police dogs identify criminal suspects by smell? Using experiments to test hypotheses about animal behavior -- Why are frogs in trouble? Complementary observations and experiments to test hypotheses in ecology -- How do animals find stored food? Strong inference by testing alternative hypotheses -- What causes cancer? The complexities of causation -- Why do we age? Different levels of causation as complementary explanations -- How does coffee affect health? Combining results of multiple studies -- How will climate change affect the spread of human diseases? Models and the perils of prediction -- Conclusion : how science works and its role in society -- Appendix 1 : Using data for twins to estimate genetic and environmental contributions to the risk of cancer -- Appendix 2 : Precision and the power of statistical tests. 
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