<p>This illustrated textbook for biologists provides a refreshingly clear and authoritative introduction to the key ideas of sampling, experimental design, and statistical analysis. The author presents statistical concepts through common sense, non-mathematical explanations and diagrams. These are f
Relating Statistics and Experimental Design: An Introduction
โ Scribed by Levin I.P.
- Publisher
- Sage
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
This handy guide gives the novice researcher a clear description of the standard tools of the trade. Unlike some texts which focus on either design or statistics, this book covers the fundamentals of design, together with experiments and observational methods. There is an exposition of major tests of significance with formulas plus easy verbal interpretations, and "boxes" embedded in the text contain prototypic applications.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
For this second edition, this best-selling textbook has been revised, the coverage of two-sample tests extended, and new sections added introducing one-sample tests, linear regression, and the product-moment correlation coefficient.
Overview of Scientific ResearchKey WordsWhat Is Science?Scientific MethodGoals, Principles, and Assumptions of ScienceFive Basic Approaches to Scientific ResearchSummaryKey Word DefinitionsReferencesExercisesExercise AnswersMethods of Describing DataKey WordsSamples and PopulationsConsideration of N
The ever-increasing use of the computer as a tool for data analysis and acquisition has not eliminated the need for a grounding, sound experimentation design, Baird continues to emphasize the fundamentals of experimentation with added consideration for the power of new technology.