Biostats Basics: A Student Handbook - Brossura

Gould, James L.; Gould, Grant F.

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ISBN 10: 0716734168 ISBN 13: 9780716734161

Casa editrice: W H Freeman & Co, 2001

Riassunto

BioStats Basics provides introductory-level biology students with a practical and accessible introduction to statistical research. Engaging and informal, the book avoids excessive theoretical and mathematical detail to focus on how core statistical methods are put to work in biology. Students learn the essentials in probability that enable skillful experiment design and the correct use of statistical tests. Everyday examples, are drawn from ecology, animal physiology, animal behavior, medicine, and other areas of biology, are used the clarify methods.

The accompanying Web site, www.whfreeman.com/gould is closely integrated with the text, providing crucial tutorials (explanations of tests alongside simulations) plus data analysis tools for completing the text’s exercises.

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L'autore

JAMES L. GOULD, Princeton University.

Contenuti

Contents
Preface: Origin and Overview
Cause and Effect
Data
Binomial Distributions
Continuous Parametric Distributions: Part I
Continuous Parametric Distributions: Part II
Data Transformations
Comparing More Than Two Parametric Distributions
Categorical Data
Nonparametric Continuous Data
Circular Distributions
Relationships Between Variables I: Correlation and Regression
Relationships Between Variables II: Multiple Regression
None Of The Above
Once Over Lightly
Appendix A: Answers to Exercises
Appendix B: Statistics Labs
Appendix C: Selected Statistical Tables
Appendix D: Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W H Freeman & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0716734168
• ISBN 13: 9780716734161
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura a spirale
• Numero di pagine: 422
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile