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: ERADICATING INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chapter 9: EXTRAPOLATING HEALTH RISKS
Section 3: Evidence
Chapter 10: WHY ERROR IS UNAVOIDABLE
Chapter 11: REDUCING THE ERROR, A TEMPLATE FOR IDEAL DATA
Chapter 11A: WHERE NUMBERS COME FROM
Chapter 12: DRUG AND DWI TESTING PROTOCOLS ENSURE DATA ACCURACY
Chapter 13: DNA TYPING NOW AND BEFORE
Chapter 14: Science and the Criminal Justice System
Section 4: Interpretation and Conclusions
Chapter 16: IS SCIENCE LOGICAL?
Chapter 17: UNCERTAINTY AND RANDOM: WHEN IS CONCLUSION JUSTIFIED?
Chapter 18: CORRELATIONS ARE HARD TO INTERPRET
Chapter 20: Experiments Make the Best Controls
Section 5: Impediments to Scientific Progress
Chapter 22: SOME PROBLEMS ARE INTRINSICALLY DIFFICULT
Chapter 23: BIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF BEING GAY: BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM?
Chapter 24: CONFLICT AND THE CORRUPTION OF SCIENCE
Chapter 25: DELIBERATE BIAS: HOW CONFLICT CREATES BAD SCIENCE
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