Statistical & Data Handling
Skills in Biology

2nd edition

Edited By Roland Ennos
June 2007
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Pearson / Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780131955844
235 Pages, Illustrated
$62.50 paper original


Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology puts statistics into context to show biology students the relevance of statistical analysis. It covers all the statistical tests a biology student would need throughout their study; demonstrates their uses and rationale; and describes how to perform them using both a calculator and the SPSS computer package.

All of this is done in the context of biological examples so students can understand why they need statistics and how to get the most out of them throughout the course of their study. It also covers experimental design and shows students how to present their statistical data. 

The author has developed an innovative decision chart for statistical tests which directs students to the tests they need to perform depending on the analysis they are working on.

Contents
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Statistics
Chapter 2: Dealing with Variation
Chapter 3; Testing for Differences 1 - t tests
Chapter 4: Testing for Differences between more than 2 Groups - ANOVA
Chapter 5: Finding Associations
Chapter 6: Dealing with Categorical Data
Chapter 7: Looking at the Distribution of Data
Chapter 8: Non-parametric Tests
Chapter 9: Choosing Tests and Designing Experiments
Chapter 10: Dealing with Measurements and Units
Glossary
Further Reading
Solutions
Statistical Tables


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