Biostatistical Analysis
United States Edition
4th Edition
Published on 9. November 1998
Book
Hardback
929 pages
978-0-13-081542-2 (ISBN)
Description
Designed for one/two-semester, junior/graduate-level courses in Biostatistics, Biometry, Quantitative Biology, or Statistics, the latest edition of this best-selling biostatistics text is both comprehensive and easy to read. It provides a broad and practical overview of the statistical analysis methods used by researchers to collect, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from biological research data. The Fourth Edition can serve as either an introduction to the discipline for beginning students or a comprehensive procedural reference for today's practitioners.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Width: 248 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1472 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-081542-2 (9780130815422)
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Jerrold H. Zar
Biostatistical Analysis
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10/1995
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Content
1. Introduction.
2. Populations and Samples.
3. Measures of Central Tendency.
4. Measures of Dispersion and Variability.
5. Probabilities.
6. The Normal Distribution.
7. One-Sample Hypotheses.
8. Two-Sample Hypotheses.
9. Paired-Sample Hypotheses.
10. Multisample Hypotheses: 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. More on Dichotomous Variables.
25. Testing for Randomness.
26. Circular Distributions: Descriptive Statistics.
27. Circular Distributions: Hypothesis Testing.
Appendix A: Analysis of Variance Hypothesis Testing.
Appendix B: Statistical Tables and Graphs.
Answers to Exercises.
Literature Cited.
Index.
2. Populations and Samples.
3. Measures of Central Tendency.
4. Measures of Dispersion and Variability.
5. Probabilities.
6. The Normal Distribution.
7. One-Sample Hypotheses.
8. Two-Sample Hypotheses.
9. Paired-Sample Hypotheses.
10. Multisample Hypotheses: 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. More on Dichotomous Variables.
25. Testing for Randomness.
26. Circular Distributions: Descriptive Statistics.
27. Circular Distributions: Hypothesis Testing.
Appendix A: Analysis of Variance Hypothesis Testing.
Appendix B: Statistical Tables and Graphs.
Answers to Exercises.
Literature Cited.
Index.