Polyteknisk Boghandel

Practical Statistics for Field Biology 2E acknowledges the peculiarities of field-based data and its interpretation. It provides students with sufficient grounding in statistical principles and methods to enable them to understand research reports in journals, decide on the most appropriate statistical tests for their own problems, and finally, to analyze and present their findings.To enhance the usefulness of this book, the new edition incorporates the more advanced methods of multivariate analysis, introducing the nature of multivariate problems and describing the techniques of principle components analysis, cluster analysis and discriminant analysis which are all applied to biological examples. An appendix detailing the statistical computing packages available has also been included.

Measurement and Sampling Concepts. Processing Data. Presenting Data. Measuring the Average. Measuring Variability. Probability. Probability Distributions as Models of Dispersion. The Normal Distribution. Data Transformation. How Good are Our Estimates? The Basis of Statistical Testing. Analysing Frequencies. Measuring Correlations. Regression Analysis. Comparing Averages. Analysis of Variance - ANOVA. Multivariate Analysis. Appendices. Bibliography and Further Reading.
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