Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Variability and frequency distributions
- 3 Estimation, standard errors and confidence limits
- 4 The basic idea of a significance test
- 5 Simple significance tests based on the normal distribution
- 6 The use of t-tests for small samples
- 7 Contingency tables and χ2
- 8 χ2-tests of goodness-of-fit and homogeneity
- 9 The correlation of measurements
- 10 Regression analysis
- 11 Simple experimental design and the analysis of variance
- 12 Introduction to factorial experiments
- 13 Random samples and random numbers
- 14 Partial correlation and multiple regression
- 15 Non-parametric and distribution-free tests
- 16 Notes on numerical calculation, calculators and computers
- Suggestions for more advanced reading
- Summary of statistical formulae
- Appendix tables
- Index
Suggestions for more advanced reading
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Variability and frequency distributions
- 3 Estimation, standard errors and confidence limits
- 4 The basic idea of a significance test
- 5 Simple significance tests based on the normal distribution
- 6 The use of t-tests for small samples
- 7 Contingency tables and χ2
- 8 χ2-tests of goodness-of-fit and homogeneity
- 9 The correlation of measurements
- 10 Regression analysis
- 11 Simple experimental design and the analysis of variance
- 12 Introduction to factorial experiments
- 13 Random samples and random numbers
- 14 Partial correlation and multiple regression
- 15 Non-parametric and distribution-free tests
- 16 Notes on numerical calculation, calculators and computers
- Suggestions for more advanced reading
- Summary of statistical formulae
- Appendix tables
- Index
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- Statistical Methods in Biology , pp. 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995