The Analysis of Biological Data
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Beschreibung
This second edition textbook teaches modern methods of statistics through the use of fascinating biological and medical case studies. The clear and engaging writing and practical perspective allows students to understand the analytical process behind biological data. Through the use of real world biological examples, biologists and health professionals can learn statistics in an essential manner.
Authors Whitlock and Schulter have over 40 years’ experience between the two of them and therefore able to understand that students learn best through interesting examples and not overcomplicated formulas. This edition includes several unusual features that they have discovered to be helpful for effectively reaching their readers.
New_to_this_edition
- Over 200 new biological examples and problems - statistics is a means to an end, a tool to learn about the human and natural world
- New calculation practice problems, which guide the student step by step through the methodology
- A greater number of the examples and topics come from modern medical and human health research
- Practical experiment design, a biologist cannot do good statistics or science without a practical understanding of experimental design. Unlike most title, this book covers the basic topics, including controls, randomisation and blocking.
- Interleaves - Short essays between chapters that cover a variety of conceptual topics in a nontechnical way, they complement the material found in the core chapters.
Autor*in
Michael C. Whitlock