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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
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- The principles of experimental research
- Auflage
- 1st ed
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Front Cover; The Principles of Experimental Research; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Experimental Research in Science: Its Name and Nature; 1.1 Defining Science; 1.2 Science: Play or Profession?; 1.3 Science and Research; 1.4 Varieties of Experimental Research; 1.5 Conventional Researchers; 1.6 Bibliography; Part I: The Fundamentals; Chapter 2. The Importance of Definitions; 2.1 Toward Definition; 2.2 Defining "Definition"; 2.3 Common Terms Used in Definitions; 2.4 Varieties of De.nitions; 2.5 Need for Definitions; 2.6 What Definitions Should and Should Not Do; 2.7 References
- 2.8 BibliographyChapter 3. Aspects of Quantification; 3.1 Quantity and Quality; 3.2 The Uses of Numbers; 3.3 An Intellectual Close-up of Counting; 3.4 The Process of Measurement; 3.5 Quantities and Measurements; 3.6 Derived Quantities; 3.7 Units for Measurement; 3.8 Fundamental Quantities and Dimensions; 3.9 Dimensional Analysis; 3.10 Accuracy versus Approximation; 3.11 Bibliography; Chapter 4. The Purpose and Principles Involved in Experimenting; 4.1 The Purpose of Experimenting; 4.2 Cause and Effect; 4.3 Pertinence and Forms of Cause; 4.4 Mill's Methods of Experimental Inquiry
- 4.5 Planning for the Experiment4.6 Standardization of Test Material(s); 4.7 Reproducibility; 4.8 Number of "Experiments"; 4.9 References; 4.10 Bibliography; Part II: Planning the Experiments; Chapter 5. Defining the Problem for Experimental Research; 5.1 To Define a Problem; 5.2 Relation of the Problem to Resources; 5.3 Relevance of the Problem; 5.4 Extent of the Problem; 5.5 Problem: Qualitative or Quantitative?; 5.6 Can the Problem Be Reshaped?; 5.7 Proverbs on Problems; 5.8 References; 5.9 Bibliography; Chapter 6. Stating the Problem as a Hypothesis; 6.1 The Place of Hypothesis in Research
- 6.2 Desirable Qualities of Hypotheses6.3 Bibliography; Chapter 7. Designing Experiments to Suit Problems; 7.1 Several Problems, Several Causes; 7.2 Treatment Structures; 7.3 Many Factors at Many Levels, but One Factor at a Time; 7.4 Factorial Design, the Right Way; 7.5 Too Many Factors on Hand?; 7.6 "Subjects-and-Controls" Experiments; 7.7 Combined Effect of Many Causes; 7.8 Unavoidable ("Nuisance") Factors; 7.9 Bibliography; Chapter 8. Dealing with Factors; 8.1 Designing Factors; 8.2 Experiments with Designed Factors; 8.3 Matrix of Factors; 8.4 Remarks on Experiments with Two-Level Factors
- 8.5 Response of Multifactor Experiments8.6 Experiments with More Factors, Each at Two Levels; 8.7 Fractional Factorials; 8.8 Varieties of Factors; 8.9 Levels of Factors; 8.10 Bibliography; Chapter 9. Factors at More Than Two Levels; 9.1 Limitations of Experiments with Factors at Two Levels; 9.2 Four-Level Factorial Experiments; 9.3 Interactions; 9.4 Main Effects; 9.5 More on Interactions; 9.6 More Factors at More Than Two Levels; 9.7 Bibliography; Part III: The Craft Part of Experimental Research; Chapter 10. Searching through Published Literature; 10.1 Researcher and Scholar
- 10.2 Literature in Print
- The need to understand how to design and set up an investigative experiment is nearly universal to all students in engineering, applied technology and science, as well as many of the social sciences. Many schools offer courses in this fundamental skill and this book is meant to offer an easily accessible introduction to the essential tools needed, including an understanding of logical processes, how to use measurement, the do's and don'ts of designing experiments so as to achieve reproducible results and the basic mathematical underpinnings of how data should be analyzed and interpreted. The
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