BES 301                Science Methods & Practice              Fall 2009

Exploring how science works

CLASS NOTES

 

!! Class Notes Announcements !!

 

 

Sept

  30

Course Introduction / Science as a way of knowing

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Oct

 5

Scientific inquiry

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 7

Building scientific understanding / the research process

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   12 Research process Use notes from 10/7/09
   14 Scientific writing & primary research papers

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19

Scientific literature

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26

Reading scientific literature

No Notes

Nov

2

Introduction to scientific data & data presentation

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4

Describing scientific data (NOTES IN POWERPOINT)

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9

Describing scientific data (use Nov. 4 notes)

Use notes from 11/4/09

 

16

Variability, interpreting data, mean comparisons

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18

Data analysis & interpretation

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23

Presenting & interpreting scientific results

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