| Description |
xi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Eight steps to successful data analysis -- 2. The basics -- 3. Choosing a test: a key -- 4. Hypothesis testing, sampling and experimental design -- 5. Statistics, variables and distributions -- 6. Descriptive and presentational techniques -- 7. The tests 1: tests to look at differences -- 8. The tests 2: tests to look at relationships -- 9. The tests 3: tests for data exploration -- 10. Symbols and letters used in statistics -- 11. Assumptions of the tests -- 12. Hints and tips |
| Summary |
This is a handbook for any student or professional biologist who wants to process data using a statistical package on the computer, to select appropriate methods, and extract the important information from the often confusing output that is produced. It is aimed primarily at undergraduates and masters students in the biological sciences who have to apply statistics in practical classes and projects. Such users of statistics do not have to understand either how tests work or how to do the calculations, and these aspects are not covered in the book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index |
| Subject |
Biometry.
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| LC no. |
98028514 |
| ISBN |
0865426538 paperback |
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