Measuring Behaviour has established itself as a standard text Largely rewritten updated & reorganised this third edition is as before a guide to the principles & methods of quantitative studies of behaviour with an emphasis on techniques of observation recording & analysis It provides the basic knowledge needed to measure behaviour doing so in a succinct & easily understood form The sections on research design & the interpretation & presentation of data have been greatly expanded Written with brevity & clarity Measuring Behaviour is above all a practical guide book Aimed primarily at undergraduate & graduate students in biology & psychology who are about to embark upon quantitative studies of animal & 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 & medicine