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The Analysis of Biological Data is a new approach to teaching introductory statistics to biology students. To reach this unique audience, Whitlock and Schluter motivate learning with interesting biological and medical examples; they emphasize intuitive understanding; and they focus on real data. The book covers basic topics in introductory statistics, including graphs, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, comparison of means, regression, and designing experiments. It also introduces the principles behind such modern topics as likelihood, linear models, meta-analysis and computer-intensive methods. Instructors and students consistently praise the book's clear and engaging writing, strong visualization techniques, and its variety of fascinating and relevant biological examples.

Table of Contents:
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS 1. Statistics and samples INTERLEAF 1 Biology and the history of statistics 2. Displaying data 3. Describing data 4. Estimating with uncertainty INTERLEAF 2 Pseudoreplication 5. Probability 6. Hypothesis testing INTERLEAF 3 Why statistical significance is not the same as biological importance PART 2 PROPORTIONS AND FREQUENCIES 7. Analyzing proportions INTERLEAF 4 Correlation does not require causation 8. Fitting probability models to frequency data INTERLEAF 5 Making a plan 9. Contingency analysis: associations between categorical variables PART 3 COMPARING NUMERICAL VALUES 10. The normal distribution INTERLEAF 6 Controls in medical studies 11. Inference for a normal population 12. Comparing two means INTERLEAF 7 Which test should I use? 13. Handling violations of assumptions 14. Designing experiments INTERLEAF 8 Data dredging 15. Comparing means of more than two groups INTERLEAF 9 Experimental and statistical mistakes PART 4 REGRESSION AND CORRELATION 16. Correlation between numerical variables INTERLEAF 10 Publication bias 17. Regression INTERLEAF 11 Using species as data points PART 5 MODERN STATISTICAL METHODS 18. Multiple explanatory variables 19. Computer-intensive methods 20. Likelihood 21. Meta-analysis: combining information from multiple studies Answers to practice problems Literature cited Statistical tables Photo credits Index

About the Author :
Michael Whitlock is an evolutionary biologist and population geneticist. He is a Professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia, where he has taught statistics to biology students since 1995. Dolph Schluter is Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Zoology Department and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of British Columbia. He is known for his research on the ecology and evolution of Galapagos finches and threespine stickleback.

Review :
This book is the closest I can find to the course I teach. As I read through the chapters I find myself rewriting my lectures in my head---partly because so many of my favorite examples are there. The book makes you feel as if you are in Mike or Dolph's office with a cup of coffee and they are explaining these concepts at the blackboard. It's the most approachable statistics book I've ever seen. It includes some topics that are almost completely ignored in other texts, such as odds-ratios and alternatives to linear regression. Finally, the collection of questions is fantastic. My students are always asking for more problem sets; I never have enough. I can easily see how the questions alone will transform my course. -- Brad Anholt, University of Victoria


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  • ISBN-13: 9780981519401
  • Publisher: MacMillan Learning
  • Publisher Imprint: Roberts & Company Publishers
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: From Mind to Molecules
  • ISBN-10: 0981519407
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 704
  • Series Title: Analysis of Biological Data


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