Book description
Using engaging prose, Mary E. Harrington introduces neuroscience students to the principles of scientific research including selecting a topic, designing an experiment, analyzing data, and presenting research. This new third edition updates and clarifies the book's wealth of examples while maintaining the clear and effective practical advice of the previousā¦
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Design of Experiments in Neuroscience as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Another research design textbook, this one more specifically about neuroscience. My co-author, neuroscientist Robert Calin-Jageman, highly recommends it.
This third edition has clear and up-to-date discussions of issues such as p hacking and publication bias that emphasise the need for Open Science. Thereās a focus on effect sizes and confidence intervals, as in the new statistics. The book also describes strategies needed to enhance the rigor and reproducibility of neuroscience research.
From Geoff's list on open science better research with better statistics.
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