Book

Table of Contents:

Section 1: The Scientific Method

Chapter 1: Why Science Matters

Chapter 2: A TEMPLATE FOR SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

Chapter 3: HOW NON-SCIENTISTS USE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Section 2: Models

Chapter 4: MODELS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SCIENCE

Chapter 5: ALL MODELS ARE FALSE. BUT SOME ARE USEFUL ANYWAYS.

Chapter 6: MODELS OF SEX IN CONDOM TESTING

Chapter 7: ARE YOU TOO INTOXICATED TO DRIVE?

Chapter 8: EXTRAPOLATING HEALTH RISKS

Section 3: Evidence

Chapter 9: QUALITY AND ERROR in DATA

Chapter 10: REDUCING THE ERROR, A TEMPLATE FOR IDEAL DATA

Chapter 11: SCIENCE AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Section 4: Interpretation and Conclusions

Chapter 12: IS SCIENCE LOGICAL?

Chapter 13: CORRELATIONS ARE HARD TO INTERPRET

Chapter 14: CONTROLS

Chapter 15: EXPERIMENTS