Measuring Behaviour: An Introductory Guide - Softcover

Martin, Paul; Bateson, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521535638 ISBN 13: 9780521535632

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Measuring Behaviour has established itself as a standard text. Largely rewritten, updated and reorganised, this third edition is, as before, a guide to the principles and methods of quantitative studies of behaviour, with an emphasis on techniques of observation, recording and analysis. It provides the basic knowledge needed to measure behaviour, doing so in a succinct and easily understood form. The sections on research design and the interpretation and presentation of data have been greatly expanded. Written with brevity and clarity, Measuring Behaviour is, above all, a practical guide book. Aimed primarily at undergraduate and graduate students in biology and psychology who are about to embark upon quantitative studies of animal and human behaviour, this book provides a concise review of methodology that will be of great value to scientists of all disciplines in which behaviour is measured, including biological anthropology, the social sciences and medicine.

About this title

Book Description:

This eagerly awaited updated and reorganised edition of the market leader in behavioural analysis is written with brevity and clarity, providing a concise review of methodology. An ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students in biology and psychology as well as scientists of all disciplines in which behaviour is measured.

About the Author:

Dr Paul Martin studied biology at Cambridge University, graduating in Natural Sciences and with a PhD in behavioural biology. A former Harkness Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, he has lectured and researched in behavioural biology at Cambridge, and was a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Professor Sir Patrick Bateson has been a highly esteemed lecturer in Animal Behaviour, across the world, for nearly 40 years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a former President of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Knight Batchelor and current President of the Zoological Society of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521535638
• ISBN 13: 9780521535632
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 186