{"product_id":"practical-statistics-for-environmental-and-biological-scientists-9780471496656","title":"Practical Statistics for Environmental and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The reassuring tone and straightforward approach of the book would be a useful guide...” (\u003ci\u003eBiochemistry and Molecular Education\u003c\/i\u003e, July\/August 2002)  \u003cp\u003e\"...covers the basics of designing an experiment\/survey, data analysis and presentation, and specific methods.\" (\u003ci\u003eSciTech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...a good and clear exposition of basic statistical techniques...\" (Biometrics, December 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…This no-nonsense approach to elementary statistics should get you or your student started…\" (European Journal of Soil Science, March 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"...This book provides a concise,   userfriendly, non-technical introduction to statistics\". (Metrohm Information, Vol.32, No.1, 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Statistics Basics 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Do you need statistics? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 What is statistics? 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Some important lessons I have learnt 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Statistics is getting easier 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Integrity in statistics 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 About this book 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 A Brief Tutorial on Statistics 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Variability 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Samples and populations 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Summary statistics 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 The basis of statistical tests 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Limitations of statistical tests 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Before You Start 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 What statistical methods are available? 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Surveys and experiments 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Designing experiments and surveys — preliminaries 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Summary 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Designing an Experiment or Survey 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Sample size 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Sampling 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Experimental design 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Further reading 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Presentation 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Column graphs 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Line graphs 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Scatter graphs 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 General points about graphs 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Tables 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Standard errors and error bars 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Common Assumptions or Requirements of Data for Statistical Tests 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Common assumptions 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Transforming data 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Statistical Methods 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 t-tests and F-tests 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Limitations and assumptions 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 t-tests 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 F-test 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Further reading 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Analysis of Variance 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Limitations and assumptions 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 One-way ANOVA 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Multiway ANOVA 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Further reading 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Correlation and Regression 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Limitations and assumptions 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Pearson’s product moment correlation 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Simple linear regression 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Correlation or regression? 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Multiple linear regression 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Comparing two lines 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Fitting curves 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 Further reading 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Multivariate ANOVA 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Limitations and assumptions 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Null hypothesis 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Description of the test 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Interpreting the results 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Further reading 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Repeated Measures 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Methods for analysing repeated measures data 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Designing repeated measures experiments 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Further reading 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Chi-square Tests 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Limitations and assumptions 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Goodness of fit test 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Test for association between two factors 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Comparing proportions 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Further reading 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Non-parametric Tests 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Limitations and assumptions 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Mann—Whitney U-test 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Two-sample Kolmogorov—Smirnov test 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Two-sample sign test 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Kruskal—Wallis test 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Friedman’s test 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Spearman’s rank correlation 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.9 Further reading 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Principal Component Analysis 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Introduction 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Limitations and assumptions 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Description of the method 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Interpreting the results 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Further reading 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Cluster Analysis 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Introduction 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Limitations and assumptions 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Clustering observations 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Clustering variables 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Further reading 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendices 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Calculations for statistical tests 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB Concentration data for Chapters 14 and 15 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC Using computer packages 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD Choosing a test: decision table 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE List of worked examples 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 273\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402616185175,"sku":"9780471496656","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471496656.jpg?v=1730480983","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/practical-statistics-for-environmental-and-biological-scientists-9780471496656","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}