02073nam a22002417i 4500008004100000020002400041040000800065082001700073100001700090245008400107250002000191260004200211300007100253336003400324337003000358338003100388504003800419520131300457650001201770700001701782700001501799700001701814230720m20092008|||ado|| |||| 001 0 eng d  a9780471982968qpbk.  aGCL  a570.727bFOW1 aFowler, Jim 1 aPractical statistics for field biology /cJim Fowler, Louis Cohen, Phil Jarvis.  aSecond edition.  aEngland :bWiley, Chichester, c2009.  a296 pages : billustrations, graphs, genealogical tables ;c25 cm.  atext       btxt 2rdacontent  aunmediated bn 2rdamedia  avolume bnc  2rdacarrier   aIncludes bibliography and index.
  aProvides an excellent introductory text for students on the principles and methods of statistical analysis in the life sciences, helping them choose and analyse statistical tests for their own problems and present their findings.

An understanding of statistical principles and methods is essential for any scientist but is particularly important for those in the life sciences. The field biologist faces very particular problems and challenges with statistics as "real-life" situations such as collecting insects with a sweep net or counting seagulls on a cliff face can hardly be expected to be as reliable or controllable as a laboratory-based experiment. Acknowledging the peculiarites of field-based data and its interpretation, this book provides a superb introduction to statistical analysis helping students relate to their particular and often diverse data with confidence and ease.

To enhance the usefulness of this book, the new edition incorporates the more advanced method of multivariate analysis, introducing the nature of multivariate problems and describing the the techniques of principal components analysis, cluster analysis and discriminant analysis which are all applied to biological examples. An appendix detailing the statistical computing packages available has also been included.  aBiology1 aCohen, Louis1 aCohen, Lou1 aJarvis, Phil