Statistical Methods in Biology

Zusammenfassung Presents the basic concepts of statistics! recognizing that students need to know when to use standard techniques and how to apply the results they obtain. The arguments are set out in terms which can be easily understood by those with only an elementary knowledge of algebra. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Variability and frequency distributions; 3. Estimation, standard errors and confidence limits; 4. The basic idea of a significance test; 5. Simple significance tests based on the normal distribution; 6. The use of t-tests for small smaples; 7. Contingency tables and X2; 8. X2-tests of goodness-of-fit and homogeneity; 9. The correlation of measurements; 10. Regression analysis; 11. Simple experimental design and the analysis of variance; 12. Introduction to factorial experiments; 13. Random samples and random numbers; 14. Partial correlation and multiple regression; 15. Non-parametric and distribution-free tests; 16. Notes on numerical calculation, calculators and computers; Appendix tables; Index.

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• Autori: BAILEY, Norman T. Bailey, Norman T. J. Bailey, Bailey Norman T. J.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.01.1995
• EAN: 9780521469838
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46983-8
• Pagine: 272
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche cliniche; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, MATHEMATICS / Applied, Biology, life sciences, Probability & statistics, Maths for scientists, Probability and statistics