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Library > History and Nature of Science (17 Modules)
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| History and Nature of Science Modules |
Data: Analysis and Interpretation - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of four modules that address various aspects of working with scientific data. This module describes the process of moving from raw data through multiple types of analysis and finally to interpretation using weather and climate data as the main example.
Data: Statistics - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of four modules that address various aspects of working with scientific data. This module describes the use of statistical design in research and the purpose of statistical analysis of data.
Data: Uncertainty, Error, and Confidence - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of four modules that address various aspects of working with scientific data. This module discusses the differences between the uses of the terms uncertainty and error in science versus common language and methods for identifying and quantifying uncertainty.
Data: Using Graphs and Visual Data - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of four modules that address various aspects of working with scientific data. This module deals specifically with visual forms of data, especially graphs, and describes a methodology for reading and interpreting graphs.
Research Methods: Comparison - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of five modules that introduce scientific research methods. This module provides an introduction to the comparative research method by drawing on examples from the debate over the health implications of cigarette smoke in the 20th century.
Research Methods: Description - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of five modules that introduce scientific research methods. This module provides an introduction to description as a research method by drawing on historical examples from the geologic exploration of the western US by G.K. Gilbert and studies of primate behavior by Jane Goodall.
Research Methods: Experimentation - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of five modules that introduce scientific research methods. This module provides an introduction to the experimental research method by drawing on examples historical examples from Louis Pasteur.
Research Methods: Modeling - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of five modules that introduce scientific research methods. This module provides an introduction to description as a research method by drawing on examples of physical models, weather prediction, and modeling global climate.
Research Methods: The Practice of Science - Within our Process of Science series, this is the first of five modules that introduce scientific research methods. This module provides an overview of research methods, data processing, and the practice of science and discusses myths that surround the popular depictions of the scientific method.
Scientific Communication: Peer Review - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of two modules that introduce scientific writing. This module includes a description of the process of peer review, including an extensive example of how scientists respond to reviews, the implications and consequences of peer review, and electronic publishing.
Scientific Communication: Understanding Scientific Journals and Articles - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of two modules that introduce scientific writing. This module includes a description of the format of scientific journal articles, suggestions for how to read scientific papers, and some broad background information about scientific journals and the history of scientific writing.
Scientific Communication: Utilizing the Scientific Literature - Within our Process of Science series, this is one of four modules that introduce scientific communication. This module includes a description of what scientists mean when they refer to the literature along with specific examples of how they use the literature to indicate what other work has been done on a research topic, to cite sources of data that they use, and to show how their interpretations integrate with the published knowledge base of science.
Scientific Ethics - This module describes the history of development and basis of ethics in science. The module discusses ethics of topic and finding and ethics of methods and process.
Scientific Institutions and Societies - This module includes descriptions of the three main types of institutions: research institutions, professional societies, and funding institutions. Universities, the Royal Society of London, and the National Science Foundation are the primary examples described.
Scientists and the Scientific Community - Within our Process of Science series, this is module discusses the work and contributions of the individual scientist to the field. Personal experience, diverse backgrounds, creativity, and human mistakes and error are all discussed in the context of scientific progress.
The Process of Science - This is the first module within our Process of Science series and serves as an introduction to the series in general. This module provides an overview of the series and details the Key Concepts used in developing this series.
The Scientific Method - This provides an introduction to our series of modules that discuss the practice of science and scientific methodologies.
