Statistics at the Bench: A Step-By-Step Handbook for Biologists
Subject Area(s): Laboratory Manuals/Handbooks
By Martina Bremer, Department of Mathematics, San Jose State University, California; Rebecca W. Doerge, Departments of Statistics and Agronomy, Purdue University, Indiana
Description
Statistics at the Bench is a convenient bench-side companion for biologists, designed as a handy reference guide for elementary and intermediate statistical analyses. The expectations for biologists to have a more complete understanding of statistics are growing rapidly. New technologies and new areas of science, such as microarrays, next-generation sequencing, and proteomics, have dramatically increased the need for quantitative reasoning among biologists when designing experiments and interpreting results. Even the most routine informatics tools rely on statistical assumptions and methods that need to be appreciated if the scientific results are to be correct, understood, and exploited fully.
This book is not a textbook. It is a hands-on manual for working scientists.
Statistics at the Bench provides a simple refresher for those who have forgotten what they once knew, and an overview for those wishing to use more quantitative reasoning in their research. Statistical methods, as well as guidelines for the interpretation of results, are explained using simple examples. Throughout the book, examples are accompanied by detailed Excel commands for easy reference.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Common Pitfalls
3. Descriptive Statistics
4. Design of Experiments
5. Confidence Intervals
6. Hypothesis Testing
7. Regression and ANOVA
8. Special Topics
References
Index of Worked Out Examples
Index of Excel Commands
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Statistics at the Bench: A Step-By-Step Handbook for Biologists
By Martina Bremer and Rebecca W. Doerge
This handbook is a convenient bench companion for biologists, designed as a handy
reference guide for elementary and intermediate statistical analyses. Statistical methods most frequently used in publications and reports, as well as guidelines for the interpretation of results, are explained using simple examples with complete instructions for Excel.
Due December 2009, 167 pp., illus., indexes
Concealed wire binding $59 ISBN 978-087969857-7
CSHL Press
