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BES 301 Science Methods & Practice Fall 2009 |
Exploring how science works
CLASS NOTES
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!! Class Notes Announcements !! |
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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 |
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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 |
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16 |
Variability, interpreting data, mean comparisons |
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18 |
Data analysis & interpretation |
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23 |
Presenting & interpreting scientific results |