Introductory Biological Statistics

Name: Introductory Biological Statistics
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ISBN: 9781577663805

ISBN-10: 1577663802

ISBN-13: 9781577663805

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Raymond E. Hampton, John E. Havel

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"A thorough grounding in statistics is necessary for a career in any experimental science, but many students find themselves intimidated by the subject. Hampton and Havel have written this text with these students in mind. While providing the theory and assumptions necessary for a deep understanding of statistics, they make it approachable and keep it relevant to the interests of biology students. Their examples and exercises show how to choose the appropriate statistical method for a particular hypothesis and how to execute that method using problems encountered by real-world biologists. The second edition has been ambitiously updated and reorganized, facilitating clearer connections…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Waveland Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 175
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English




Some basic concepts



Data measurement and management of numbers



Frequency distributions and graphic presentation of data



Descriptive statistics : measures of central tendency and dispersion



Probability and discrete probability distributions



The normal distribution



Statistical inference I : estimation and sampling distributions



Statistical inference II : hypothesis testing and the one-sample t-test



Inferences concerning two populations and paired comparisons



Inferences concerning multiple populations : ANOVA



Other ANOVA designs



Modeling one measurement variable against another : regression analysis



Association between two measurement variables : correlation



Analysis of frequencies



Choice of tests and a view of some other procedures