Planning research : a concise guide for the environmental and natural resource sciences / John C. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, J. C. (John C.), 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental sciences--Research.

Environmental sciences.

Environmental sciences--Experiments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This concise yet comprehensive guide describes in detail a successful method for planning and writing about proposed research and management projects. Intended for use by a wide variety of individuals in life sciences, environmental sciences, and management, the volume offers indispensable, step-by-step advice for any student or professional undertaking a research project. John C. Gordon focuses first on the importance of thinking carefully and writing down a research plan, describing each component of such a plan and explaining why it is important. In subsequent chapters he shows how to describe research or management problems, how to write clear objectives, the importance of the hypothesis, how to deal with schedules and budgets, how to communicate completed plans, and how to prepare grant applications. Gordon concludes with an insightful chapter on the social significance of scientific research.

Contents:

The importance of written plans

Scientific method

Useful views of science

Stating problems and objectives clearly

Creating hypotheses and models

Designing experiments

Communicating study plans

Understanding the role of science.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94) and index.

ISBN:

9786611734619

9781281734617

1281734616

9780300135060

0300135068

OCLC:

952734563