Analysis of Biological Data

Name: Analysis of Biological Data
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ISBN: 9780981519401

ISBN-10: 0981519407

ISBN-13: 9780981519401

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael Whitlock, Dolph Schluter

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Book details

List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Roberts & Company
Publication date: 7/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 704
Size: 9.40" wide x 7.10" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 4.092
Language: English




Introduction To Statistics



Statistics and samples



Biology and the history of statistics



Displaying data



Describing data



Estimating with uncertainty



Pseudoreplication



Probability



Hypothesis testing



Why statistical significance is not the same as biological importance



Proportions And Frequencies



Analyzing proportions



Correlation does not require causation



Fitting probability models to frequency data



Making a plan



Contingency analysis: associations between categorical variables



Comparing Numerical Values



The normal distribution



Controls in medical studies



Inference for a normal population



Comparing two means



Which test should I use?



Handling violations of assumptions



Designing experiments



Data dredging



Comparing means of more than two groups



Experimental and statistical mistakes



Regression And Correlation



Correlation between numerical variables



Publication bias



Regression



Using species as data points



Modern Statistical Methods



Multiple explanatory variables



Computer-intensive methods



Likelihood



Meta-analysis: combining information from multiple studies


Answers to practice problems


Literature cited


Statistical tables


Photo credits


Index