The Analysis of Biological DataThe Analysis of Biological Data is a new approach to teaching introductory statistics to biology students. To reach this unique audience, Whitlock and Schluter motivate learning with interesting biological and medical examples; they emphasize intuitive understanding; and they focus on real data. The book covers basic topics in introductory statistics, including graphs, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, comparison of means, regression, and designing experiments. It also introduces the principles behind such modern topics as likelihood, linear models, meta-analysis and computer-intensive methods. Instructors and students consistently praise the book's clear and engaging writing, strong visualization techniques, and its variety of fascinating and relevant biological examples. |
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... numbers between 1 and the total number of recruits were then gen- erated using a random - number generator on the computer . The 100 recruits whose numbers cor- responded to those generated by the computer were interviewed for the study ...
... total number of intervals in the data set ( 76 ) , we find the expected number of intervals with three extinctions : = Expected [ 3 extinctions ] = 76 x 0.1846 14.03 . You may want to try to calculate some of the other expected values ...
... total number of uninfected fish in the sample ( 50 ) divided by the total number of fish ( 141 ) : Pr [ uninfected ] = 50/141 = 0.3546 . We've marked the probability estimate with a “ hat ” ( ^ ) to indicate that it is an esti- mate ...
Contents
INTRoduction to STATISTICS | 1 |
INTERLEAF | 11 |
REGRESSION AND CORRELATION | 16 |
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