Publication Date:
2021-02-10
Description:
This open access textbook provides the background needed to correctly use, interpret and understand statistics and statistical data in diverse settings. Part I makes key concepts in statistics readily clear. Parts I and II give an overview of the most common tests (t-test, ANOVA, correlations) and work out their statistical principles. Part III provides insight into meta-statistics (statistics of statistics) and demonstrates why experiments often do not replicate. Finally, the textbook shows how complex statistics can be avoided by using clever experimental design. Both non-scientists and students in Biology, Biomedicine and Engineering will benefit from the book by learning the statistical basis of scientific claims and by discovering ways to evaluate the quality of scientific reports in academic journals and news outlets.
Keywords:
Medicine
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Molecular biology
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Biostatistics
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Science education
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Statistics
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Experiential research
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Behavioral sciences
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMB Psychological methodology
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNU Teaching of a specific subject
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bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment & techniques::MBGR Medical research
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bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PB Mathematics::PBT Probability & statistics
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bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues
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bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology & animal sciences::PSVP Animal behaviour
Language:
English
Format:
image/jpeg
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