Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists - Hardcover

Quinn, Gerry P.; Keough, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521811287 ISBN 13: 9780521811286

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This essential textbook is designed for students or researchers in biology who need to design experiments, sampling programs, or analyze resulting data. The text begins with a revision of estimation and hypothesis testing methods, before advancing to the analysis of linear and generalized linear models. The chapters include such topics as linear and logistic regression, simple and complex ANOVA models, log-linear models, and multivariate techniques. The main analyses are illustrated with many examples from published papers and an extensive reference list to both the statistical and biological literature is also included. The book is supported by a web-site that provides all data sets, questions for each chapter and links to software.

About this title

Book Description

An essential textbook for any student or researcher in biology needing to design experiments, sampling programs or analyse the resulting data. Both univariate and multivariate statistics are covered, and special emphasis is placed on checking assumptions, exploratory data analysis and presentation of results. The main analyses are illustrated with many examples from published papers and there is an extensive reference list to both the statistical and biological literature. The book is supported by a web-site that provides all data sets, questions for each chapter and links to software.

About the Author

Gerry Quinn is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University, and Program Leader in the Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology. He has taught experimental design and analysis courses for a number of years and has provided advice on the design and analysis of sampling and experimental programs in ecology and environmental monitoring to a wide range of university and government scientists. Gerry Quinn is a co-author of Monitoring Ecological Impacts: Concepts and Practice in Flowing Waters, Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521811287
• ISBN 13: 9780521811286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 556