Practical Statistics for Environmental and Biological Scientists

by John Townend

Overview

All students and researchers in environmental and biological sciences require statistical methods at some stage of their work. Many have a preconception that statistics are difficult and unpleasant and find that the textbooks available are difficult to understand.

Practical Statistics for Environmental and Biological Scientists provides a concise, user-friendly, non-technical introduction to statistics. The book covers planning and designing an experiment, how to analyse and present data, and the limitations and assumptions of each statistical method. The text does not refer to a specific computer package but descriptions of how to carry out the tests and interpret the results are based on the approaches used by most of the commonly used packages, e.g. Excel, MINITAB and SPSS. Formulae are kept to a minimum and relevant examples are included throughout the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118687413
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/30/2013
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

John Townend is the author of Practical Statistics for Environmental and Biological Scientists, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I Statistics Basics
Introduction
A Brief Tutorial on Statistics
Before You Start
Designing an Experiment or Survey
Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Presentation
Common Assumptions or Requirements of Data for Statistical Tests
Part II Statistical Methods
F-tests and t-tests
Analysis of Variance
Correlation and Regression
Mulitvariate ANOVA
Repeated Measures
Chi-square Tests
Non-parametric Tests
Principal Component Analysis
Cluster Analysis
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Following a brief tutorial introducing statistics from a mathematically minimalist approach for non-statistician scientists, the author covers the basics of designing an experiment/survey, data analysis and presentation, and specific methods. Reading lists point to more advanced treatments. Appends material on statistical tests, chapter data, using computer packages (e.g., Excel, Minitab), and worked examples. Townend's university affiliation is not given. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)