Book contents
- Studying Primates
- Studying Primates
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Asking Questions about Primates
- 2 Ethics in Primatology
- 3 Keeping Science Healthy: Research Integrity
- 4 Inclusive Science
- 5 Understanding Statistical Evidence
- 6 Communicating Ideas in Writing
- 7 Introduction to the Primates
- 8 Why Study Primates?
- 9 Identifying a Research Question
- 10 Finding Out What We Know
- 11 Reading Journal Articles
- 12 Formulating Hypotheses and Predictions and Designing a Study
- 13 Observing and Manipulating
- 14 Choosing Measures
- 15 Planning Data Analysis
- 16 Sampling and Statistical Power
- 17 Checking Feasibility and Finalising Your Plans
- 18 Writing a Research Proposal
- 19 Collecting Data
- 20 Conducting Fieldwork
- 21 Analysing and Interpreting Data
- 22 Writing a Scientific Report
- 23 Submitting to a Peer-Reviewed Journal
- 24 Presenting Your Work at a Conference
- 25 Conclusions
- Index
- References
25 - Conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2019
Book contents
- Studying Primates
- Studying Primates
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Asking Questions about Primates
- 2 Ethics in Primatology
- 3 Keeping Science Healthy: Research Integrity
- 4 Inclusive Science
- 5 Understanding Statistical Evidence
- 6 Communicating Ideas in Writing
- 7 Introduction to the Primates
- 8 Why Study Primates?
- 9 Identifying a Research Question
- 10 Finding Out What We Know
- 11 Reading Journal Articles
- 12 Formulating Hypotheses and Predictions and Designing a Study
- 13 Observing and Manipulating
- 14 Choosing Measures
- 15 Planning Data Analysis
- 16 Sampling and Statistical Power
- 17 Checking Feasibility and Finalising Your Plans
- 18 Writing a Research Proposal
- 19 Collecting Data
- 20 Conducting Fieldwork
- 21 Analysing and Interpreting Data
- 22 Writing a Scientific Report
- 23 Submitting to a Peer-Reviewed Journal
- 24 Presenting Your Work at a Conference
- 25 Conclusions
- Index
- References
Summary
In this book, we’ve looked at how we study primates, including how we assess published studies, identify and develop a research question, formulate testable hypotheses and predictions, design and conduct a study that will test the predictions, select appropriate measures and samples, analyse the data, interpret the results, draw conclusions from the results in relation to the original question, and report the results in writing and presentations.
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- Studying PrimatesHow to Design, Conduct and Report Primatological Research, pp. 327 - 332Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
References
Further Reading
Kelsky, K. 2015. The Professor Is In. New York: Random House. Advice on graduate school, the job market, and tenure. US-focussed but very useful for researchers from other countries, too. See the author’s website at http://theprofessorisin.com.Google Scholar
Kruger, P. 2018. You are not a failed scientist. Nature 560: 133–134. On job prospects for PhD students and making informed decisions about careers.Google Scholar
Moreno, E, Gutiérrez, J-M. 2008. Ten simple rules for aspiring scientists in a low-income country. PLOS Computational Biology 4: e1000024. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000024. Proposes ten rules to help scientists from low-income countries to mature as professional scientists in their home country.CrossRefGoogle Scholar