Scribd
Upload
50 views4 pages

Marder 2009

MARDER BOOK COVER

Uploaded by

vaishnavitalmale95
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
50 views4 pages

Marder 2009

MARDER BOOK COVER

Uploaded by

vaishnavitalmale95
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 4

RESEARCH METHODS FOR SCIENCE

A unique introduction to the design, analysis, and presentation of scientific


projects, this is an essential textbook for undergraduate majors in science and math-
ematics.
The textbook gives an overview of the main methods used in scientific research,
including hypothesis testing, the measurement of functional relationships, and
observational research. It describes important features of experimental design, such
as the control of errors, instrument calibration, data analysis, laboratory safety, and
the treatment of human subjects. Important concepts in statistics are discussed,
focusing on standard error, the meaning of p-values, and the use of elementary
statistical tests. The textbook introduces some of the main ideas in mathematical
modeling, including order-of-magnitude analysis, function fitting, Fourier trans-
forms, recursion relations, and difference approximations to differential equations.
It also provides guidelines on accessing scientific literature, and preparing scien-
tific papers and presentations. An extensive instructor’s manual containing sample
lessons and student papers is available at www.cambridge.org/Marder.

M I C H A E L P. M A R D E R is Professor of Physics at The University of Texas at


Austin. He is co-director and co-founder of UTeach, a program preparing sec-
ondary teachers of science and mathematics. He has been teaching a course on
how to do scientific research which led to the writing of this textbook. He is author
of the graduate text Condensed Matter Physics.

Downloaded from Cambridge Books Online by IP 128.122.253.212 on Wed Apr 15 01:20:35 BST 2015.
http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139035118
Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2015
Downloaded from Cambridge Books Online by IP 128.122.253.212 on Wed Apr 15 01:20:35 BST 2015.
http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139035118
Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2015
Research Methods for Science

MICHAEL P. M ARDER

The University of Texas at Austin

Downloaded from Cambridge Books Online by IP 128.122.253.212 on Wed Apr 15 01:20:35 BST 2015.
http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139035118
Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2015
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore,
São Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo, Mexico City
Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK

Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York

www.cambridge.org
Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521145848


c M. Marder 2011

This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception


and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,
no reproduction of any part may take place without the written
permission of Cambridge University Press.

First published 2011

Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge

A catalog record for this publication is available from the British Library

ISBN 978-0-521-14584-8 Paperback

Additional resources for this publication at www.cambridge.org/Marder

Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or


accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to
in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such
websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.

Downloaded from Cambridge Books Online by IP 128.122.253.212 on Wed Apr 15 01:20:35 BST 2015.
http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139035118
Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2015

You might also like