Experimental Design for the Life Sciences

I don't like reading about experimental design, but as a biology grad student and also as a high school science teacher I need to constantly. This book takes a boring subject and presents it in a readable fashion without having to nap or purposely look for distractions. It also has the added benefit of having a chimp on the cover which just adds to its value as a conversation piece. It has an entire chapter on ethics, which is great considering most science books just mention ethics in passing. I would recommend this book to anyone helping students design science fair projects, or to those who forgot how hard it was to come up with their research topics and studies in college.

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In purchasing this text I intended to revamp and restructure my principles of research course in the undergraduate program at Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica. It was an easy read and many of the illustrations used throughout the book were easy to associate with and to use in classroom discussions. I was able to build on those illustrations examples of my own. It has revolutionized the way I look at the world and my approach to research in the life sciences.

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Cheap and simple to understand.

This is a great book, if you are interested in experimental design you should read it.

I purchased this book this summer as a review for myself in experimental design, and I have found it to very useful and easy to read. Definitely this was a good investment, and a book I will return to often.

This book was purchased for my schooling purposes. Shipped fast and was in great condition. as far as personal enjoyment= naa.. but as far as schooling purpose= EXCELLENT

A complete guide for a very important but often neglected aspect in the biosciences : the experimental design. Really well written.

Es un muy buen libro para iniciarse en el diseño de experimentos. Tiene gran cantidad de ejemplos fáciles de comprender.

I needed this for part of my coursework in Uni, as we were having discussion sessions based on it, and I think it is very good quality and outlines important things to consider when designing an experiment. Only down side is that it tends to drag on when explaining a concept - so there are lots of words to read around in order to get a pretty simple explanation - but I suppose if you didn't understand the definition, then the multiple examples given afterwards are helpful.

Auf der Suche nach einem Buch, dass ich meinen Studenten empfehlen kann um sich einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Aspekte des Designen von Experimenten zu verschaffen habe ich dieses Buch gekauft. Dem Inhaltsverzeichniss zufolge deckt es interessante Gebiete ab, wie z. B. auch Split-plot-design. Die Themen aus dem Inhaltsverzeichniss werden natürlich auch bedient, aber es geht nur an wenigen Stellen über eine oberflächliche Beschreibung hinaus. Da wo es interessant wird hört das Buch auf. Als aller erster Einstieg mag das Buch zu empfehlen sein (es ist sehr einfach geschrieben) aber für das Nieveau das ich von einem Masterstudenten erwarte ist es nicht ausreichend. Es gibt tatsächlich nur einen ersten oberflächlichen Eindruck vom Thema.

Wow, what a beautifully written, humorous and interesting book!Considering the topic, I was expecting something much drier- and indeed I have attempted to read much drier books on similar topics. It reads a bit like a philosophical book as well- analysing the logical thought process behind the conception and design of an experiment.I would recommend this book to anyone, to expand your general knowledge and thinking on all things science, and properly appreciate the effort as well as the limitations behind designing an experiment.