TY - BOOK AU - Ruxton,Graeme D. AU - Colegrave,Nick TI - Experimental design for the life sciences SN - 9780199569120 (pbk.) : AV - QH307.2 .R88 2011 U1 - 570.724 RUX PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Life sciences KW - Experiments KW - Experimental design KW - Science KW - ukslc KW - Biology, life sciences KW - thema KW - Probability & statistics KW - Agriculture & farming KW - Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques KW - Sports training & coaching KW - Human biology KW - Research methods: general N1 - Previous ed.: 2006; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Why you should care about design -- 2.Starting with a well-defined hypothesis -- 3.Between-individual variation, replication, and sampling -- 4.Different experimental designs -- 5.Taking measurements -- 6.Final thoughts N2 - Providing students with clear and practical advice on how best to organise experiments and collect data so as to make the subsequent analysis easier and their conclusions more robust, this text assumes no specialist knowledge ER -