Statistics for terrified biologists / Helmut F. van Emden. — Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, c2008. – (58.1057/V217)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    1. How to use this book
    2. Introduction
    3. Summarizing variation
    4. When are sums of squares NOT sums of squares?
    5. The normal distribution
    6. The relevance of the normal distribution to biological data
    7. Further calculations from the normal distribution
    8. The t-test
    9. One tail or two?
    10. Analysis of variance - What is it? How does it work?
    11. Experimental designs for analysis of variance
    12. Introduction to factorial experiments
    13. 2-Factor factorial experiments
    14. Factorial experiments with more than two factors
    15. Factorial experiments with split plots
    16. The t-test in the analysis of variance
    17. Linear regression and correlation
    18. Chi-square tests
    19. Nonparametric methods (what are they?)
    Appendix 1 How many replicates
    Appendix 2 Statistical tables
    Appendix 3 Solutions to "Spare-time activities"
    Appendix 4 Bibliography
    Index