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  title info:
    title: Measuring behaviour
    sub title: an introductory guide
  name:
    name part: Bateson, Melissa
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Martin, Paul R.
    name part: 1951-
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2021
    edition: Fourth edition /
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  table of contents: Introduction. Scope and aims ; Why measure behaviour? ; What is so special about measuring behaviour? ; Steps involved in studying behaviour ; Summary -- Science and truth. The replication crisis ; What does replication mean? ; Why does replication sometimes fail? ; Identifying reliable sources of evidence ; Summary -- Choosing a research question. Tinbergen's four questions ; Different levels of casual explanation ; Choosing the right subjects ; Generating research questions ; Hypotheses and predictions ; Summary -- Designing a beavioural study. Aims of good study design ; Different types of design ; Correlational studies ; Experimental studies ; Natural experiments and instrumental variables ; Randomisation ; Blinding ; When to measure behaviour ; How much data to collect? ; Summary -- Ethics and the law. Behavioural research and the law ; Formal ethical approval ; Animal research ethics ; Human research ethics ; Summary -- Defining behavioural metrics. Categorising behaviour ; Behavioural metrics ; Composite metrics ; Levels of measurement ; Summary -- Recording methods. Laboratory versus field ; Standardised behavioural tests ; Observation of spontaneous ; Sampling rules ; Recording rules ; Summary -- Recording technology. The technology revolution ; Data pipelines ; Data capture ; Data processing ; Summary -- Individuals and groups. Groups ; Identifying individuals ; Social network analysis ; Dominance hierarchies ; Summary -- Measurement quality. Validity ; Reliability ; Floor and ceiling effects ; Outliers ; Summary -- Data analysis. Behaviour needs statistics ; General advice on statistics ; Data preparation ; Describing data ; Using data to answer questions ; General linear models ; Mixed-effects models ; Generalised linear models ; Model selection an averaging ; Multiverse analysis ; Bayesian methods ; Confirmatory versus exploratory analysis ; Summary -- Interpreting and communicating findings. Common statistical mistakes ; Writing a scientific paper ; Pu…
  note: Melissa Bateson, Paul Martin.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-225) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Animal behavior
    topic: Research
    topic: Methodology
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
    topic: Research
    topic: Methodology
  subject:
    topic: Animal psychology
    topic: Research
    topic: Methodology
  subject:
    topic: Psychometrics
  classification: 156.072
  identifier: 9781108478311
  identifier: 110847831X
  identifier: 9781108745727
  identifier: 1108745725
  identifier: 9781108806589
  identifier: 9781108776462 (PDF ebook)
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 210308
    record change date: 20211029144633.0
    record identifier: in00004364133