BioStats Basics: A Student Handbook

"BioStats Basics" provides introductory level biology students with a practical, accessible introduction to statistical research. The book avoids excessive theoretical and mathematical detail to focus on how core statistical methods are put to work in biology. Students are given the essentials in probability that enable skillful experiment design and the correct use of statistical tests. Everyday examples, are drawn from ecology, animal physiology, animal behaviour, medicine, and other areas of biology, are used the clarify methods. An accompanying Web site is available which is closely integrated with the text, providing tutorials (explanations of tests alongside simulations) plus data analysis tools for completing the text's exercises.