Choosing and Using Statistics (PDF)

The first edition of this excellent handbook was extremely well
received by both students and lecturers alike. It has helped to
simplify the often complex and difficult task of choosing and using
the right statistics package.

This is a book for any student or professional biologist who
wants to process data using a statistical package on the computer,
to select appropriate methods, and extract the important
information from the often confusing output that is produced. It is
aimed primarily at undergraduates and masters students in the
biological sciences who have to apply statistics in practical
classes and projects. Such users of statistics do not have to
understand either how tests work or how to do the calculations, and
these aspects are not covered in the book.

The new edition has been updated to cover the very latest
versions of the computer packages described, expanded to include
coverage for logistic regression, a more detailed consideration of
multivariate analysis, data exploration and further examples of
Principle Component Analysis and Discriminate Function Analysis are
given.

* * New edition will use SPSS 10.0, Minitab 13.1 and Excel
2000.

* New simplified version of the Key and flow chart of decisions
to reach simple statistical tests.

* Section on multivariate techniques expanded to give further
examples of PCA and DFA.

* Aimed at students using statistics for projects and in
practical classes.

* Statistical jargon explained through an extensive glossary and
key to symbols.

* Stresses the importance of experimental design, measurement of
data and interpretation of results rather than an understanding of
the statistical tests themselves.