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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153117003321

Autore

Zar Jerrold H. <1941->

Titolo

Biostatistical analysis / / Jerrold H. Zar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education Limited, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1292037113

9781282937119

1292042046

9781292024042

Edizione

[Fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ii, 756 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Always learning

Disciplina

570.15195

Soggetti

Biometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Data: Types and Presentation -- 2. Populations and Samples -- 3. Measures of Central Tendency -- 4. Measures of Variability and Dispersion -- 5. Probabilities -- 6. The Normal Distribution -- 7. One-Sample Hypotheses -- 8. Two-Sample Hypotheses -- 9. Paired-Sample Hypotheses -- 10. Multisample Hypotheses and the Analysis of Variance --11. Multiple Comparisons -- 12. Two-Factor Analysis of Variance -- 13. Data Transformations -- 14. Multiway Factorial Analysis of Variance -- 15. Nested (Hierarchical) Analysis of Variance -- 16. Multivariate Analysis of Variance -- 17. Simple Linear Regression -- 18. Comparing Simple Linear Regression Equations -- 19. Simple Linear Correlation -- 20. Multiple Regression and Correlation -- 21. Polynomial Regression -- 22. Testing for Goodness of Fit -- 23. Contingency Tables -- 24. Dichotomous Variables -- 25. Testing for Randomness -- 26. Circular Distributions: Descriptive Statistics -- 27. Circular Distributions: Hypothesis Testing.

Sommario/riassunto

Zar's Biostatistical Analysis, Fifth Edition, is the ideal textbook for graduate and undergraduate students seeking practical coverage of statistical analysis methods used by researchers to collect, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from biological research. The latest edition of this best-selling textbook is both comprehensive and easy to



read. It is suitable as an introduction for beginning students and as a comprehensive procedural reference for today's practitioners. This book is appropriate for a one- or two-semester, junior or graduate-level course in biostatistics, biometry, quantitative biology, or statistics, and assumes a prerequisite of algebra.