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Practical Statistics for the Biological Sciences: Simple Pathways to Statistical Analyses - Softcover

Ashcroft, Stephen

 
9780333960448: Practical Statistics for the Biological Sciences: Simple Pathways to Statistical Analyses
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0333960440 ISBN 13: 9780333960448
Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2002

Synopsis

Practical Statistics for the Biological Sciences is a handbook of statistical methods for use by workers in the biological sciences at all levels from undergraduate to post-doctoral researcher.
The book presents, in a clear and compact form, the most common statistical tests used in the biosciences. It provides a series of flow charts to help in selecting the appropriate test. Each test is described concisely and illustrated by worked examples.
The text is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing both Windows and Apple Macintosh versions of PractiStat, a new programme for statistical analysis. PractiStat can be used both as a teaching aid to work through the examples provided and as a valuable, easy to use tool for analysis of the users' own data. The programme provides a simple, intuitive interface and permits the application of the common statistical tests and procedures used by bioscientists.

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About the Author

STEPHEN ASHCROFT was Reader in Clinical Biochemistry, at the University of Oxford and Tutor in Biochemistry, at Magdalen College, Oxford. Following his official retirement this year, he is currently a guest researcher at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.

CHRIS PEREIRA is Manager of Operations and Development at MedStent Inc. of Toronto. He is a mechanical engineer who has spent most of his professional life testing and developing biomaterials and implantable systems. His previous appointment was at the University of Toronto's Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering.

From the Back Cover

Practical Statistics for the Biological Sciences is a handbook of statistical methods for use by workers in the biological sciences at all levels from undergraduate to post-doctoral researcher.
The book presents, in a clear and compact form, the most common statistical tests used in the biosciences. It provides a series of flow charts to help in selecting the appropriate test. Each test is described concisely and illustrated by worked examples.
The text is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing both Windows and Apple Macintosh versions of PractiStat, a new programme for statistical analysis. PractiStat can be used both as a teaching aid to work through the examples provided and as a valuable, easy to use tool for analysis of the users' own data. The programme provides a simple, intuitive interface and permits the application of the common statistical tests and procedures used by bioscientists.

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Publisher
Red Globe Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0333960440
ISBN 13 
9780333960448
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
196