| Description |
ix, 372 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Why biologists need sampling, experimental design and statistics -- 2. Some basic ideas in experimental design and statistical analysis -- 3. Variables, populations and samples -- 4. Describing samples -- 5. Three important models for the frequency distribution of variables -- 6. Tests on a single sample: do the data fit the model? -- 7. Single samples: the reliability of estimates -- 8. Tests on a single sample: association and correlation between two variables -- 9. Tests using two independent samples: are the two populations different? -- 10. Tests for two related samples -- 11. Tests using three or more samples: do three or more populations differ? -- 12. Checklists for the design of sampling programmes and experiments and a key to statistical tests |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biometry.
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Experimental design.
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| LC no. |
94024461 |
| ISBN |
1857281314 (HB) |
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1857281322 (PB) |
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