Statistics for veterinary and animal science / Aviva Petrie and Paul Watson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 288 pISBN:- 9781405127813 (pbk.) :
- 1405127813 (pbk.)
- 636.0890727 PET
- QA276
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Previous ed.: 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The whys and wherefores of statistics -- 2.Descriptive statistics -- 3.Probability and probability distributions -- 4.Sampling and sampling distributions -- 5.Experimental design and clinical trials -- 6.An introduction to hypothesis testing -- 7.Hypothesis tests 1 - the t-test: comparing one or two means -- 8.Hypothesis tests 2 - the F-test: comparing two variances or more than two means -- 9.Hypothesis tests 3 - the chi-squared test: comparing proportions -- 10.Linear correlation and regression -- 11.Further regression analyses -- 12.Non-parametric statistical methods -- 13.Further aspects of design and analysis -- 14.Additional techniques -- 15.Evaluation and reporting - evidence-based veterinary medicine and the CONSORT statement.
Knowledge of statistics is essential for animal scientists to evaluate biological research, health products, etc. and this introductory book leads the reader through the basics with numerous worked examples.