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    The design of experiments in neuroscience / Mary Harrington.

    • Title:The design of experiments in neuroscience / Mary Harrington.
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    • Author/Creator:Harrington, Mary.
    • Published/Created:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, ©2011.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Neurosciences--Research--Methodology.
    • Medical Subjects: Neurosciences.
      Research Design.
    • Edition:2nd ed.
    • Description:xv, 261 pages : ill ; 24 cm.
    • Summary:"Using engaging, disarming prose, author Mary Harrington shows neuroscience students how to go about selecting a topic, designing an experiment, analyzing the results, and publishing a paper. This text effectively illustrates basic research methods and design principles by uniquely using relevant examples from neuroscience such as the principles of design of fMRI studies, the use of transgenic mice, and conditional gene knockouts. The author also addresses basic professional ethics, fundamental statistics and data analysis tools, the range of possible experimental designs (from simple descriptive studies to multifactorial designs), and ways to control unwanted variables and avoid common pitfalls. This text is intended as either a core or supplemental text for both undergraduates and graduate students studying research methods in Neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, Neurochemistry, or Biological Psychology."--Publisher's description.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781412974325 (pbk. : alk. paper)
      1412974321 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:The varieties of scientific experience
      Ethics
      Getting started
      Basic research designs
      Controlling extraneous variables
      More than one predictor variable : factorial designs
      Correlational designs
      Becoming an independent investigator.
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