Reproducibility in Biomedical Research: Epistemological and Statistical Problems

ISBN-13: 9780128174432 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 356 str.

Erwin B. Montgomery

Spis treści

1. Introduction2. Validity of Biomedical Science, Reproducibility and Irreproducibility3. The Logic of Certainty versus the Logic of Discovery4. The Logic of Probability and Statistics5. Causation, Process Metaphor, and Reductionism6. Case Studies in Clinical Biomedical Research7. Case Studies in Basic Biomedical Research8. Case Studies in Computational Biomedical Research9. Chaotic and Complex Systems, Statistics, and Far-from-Equilibrium Thermodynamics10. Epilogue

O autorze

Dr. Montgomery has been an academic neurologist for over 40 years pursuing teaching, clinical and basic research at major academic medical centers. He has authored over 120 peer reviewed journal articles (available on PubMed) and 8 books on medicine (4 on the subject of Deep Brain Stimulation). The last two have been "Reproducibility in Biomedical Research” (Academic Press, 2019) and "The Ethics of Everyday Medicine” (Academic Press, 2019).