3rd Edition
All researchers need to write or speak about their work, and to have research that is worth presenting. Based on the author's decades of experience as a researcher and advisor, this third edition provides detailed guidance on writing and presentations and a comprehensive introduction to research methods, the how-to of being a successful scientist.Topics include: Development of ideas into research questions; How to find, read, evaluate and referee other research; Design and evaluation of experiments and appropriate use of statistics; Ethics, the principles of science and examples of science gone wrong.Much of the book is a step-by-step guide to effectiv...