Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice CONTENIDO: A Conceptual Model of Animal Behavior -- Choice of Subjects -- Reconnaissance Observation -- Delineation of Research -- Design of Research -- Experimental Research -- Data Collection Methods -- Selected Examples of Data Collection and Description -- Introduction to Statistical Analyses -- Selection of a Statistical Test -- Parametric Statistical Tests -- Nonparametric Statistical Tests -- Rates of Behavior and Analysis of Sequences -- Multivariate Analyses -- Spatial Orientation and Time: Circular Statistics and Spatial Patterns -- Interpretation and Presentation of Results -- App. A Statistical figures and tables -- Microcomputers in ethology: basic and advanced uses / James C. Ha -- Ethics in ethology -- Guidelines for the use of animals in research