The Elements of Academic ResearchASCE Publications, 01/01/1996 - 290 páginas Students and graduate students who are beginning to do research often have many difficult questions and concerns. This book is designed to give a comprehensive, reader-friendly overview of all the key aspects of conducting and presenting research. It includes chapters on topic selection, time management, using the information highway, getting your research published, and more. Humorous, research-related illustrations enhance the text. Students, as well as the faculty who work with them, will find this book to be an invaluable research tool. |
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Página 28 - The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
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Página 192 - The following six steps can be used to perform a statistical analysis of a hypothesis: 1. Formulate hypotheses. 2. Select the appropriate statistical model (theorem) that identifies the test statistic. 3. Specify the level of significance, which is a measure of risk. 4. Collect a sample of data and compute an estimate of the test statistic. 5. Define the region of rejection. 6.
Página 76 - A General works M Music B Philosophy, Religion N Fine arts C History, Auxiliary sciences P Language and literature D Foreign history and topography Q Science EF American history R Medicine G Geography, Anthropology S Agriculture H Social...
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Página 192 - Step 1: Formulation of Hypotheses Hypothesis testing represents a class of statistical techniques that are designed to extrapolate information from samples of data to make inferences about populations. The first step is to formulate two or more hypotheses for testing. The hypotheses will depend on the problem under investigation. Specifically, if the objective is to make inferences about a single population...