Biomeasurement by Dawn Hawkins
A refreshing, student-focused introduction to the use of statistics in the study of the biosciences. Emphasising why statistical techniques are essential tools for bioscientists, Biomeasurement removes the stigma attached to statistics by giving students the confidence to use key techniques for themselves.
Biomeasurement and its companion website are a near perfect combination for an introductory course in biostatistics* Basil Jarvis, The Biologist *
I will be recommending this book both for undergraduate biomedical science as well as post grad. The reason why I think it's good for both is that students still seem frightened and to a large extent incapable of coping with biological data and I believe as stated in the book it's because of the underlying maths involved. This book still gives you the basic maths functions but shows you how you can effectively ignore them and concentrate on the data analysis. It does this by giving worked examples using biological data and showing you why and how you use certain tests and what the results mean. It mainly uses SPSS within the book but to bring the book up to date it has an Online Resource Centre showing how R can be used instead of SPSS. * Roy Stewart, Nottingham Trent University *
I will be recommending this book both for undergraduate biomedical science as well as post grad. The reason why I think it's good for both is that students still seem frightened and to a large extent incapable of coping with biological data and I believe as stated in the book it's because of the underlying maths involved. This book still gives you the basic maths functions but shows you how you can effectively ignore them and concentrate on the data analysis. It does this by giving worked examples using biological data and showing you why and how you use certain tests and what the results mean. It mainly uses SPSS within the book but to bring the book up to date it has an Online Resource Centre showing how R can be used instead of SPSS. * Roy Stewart, Nottingham Trent University *
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780199650446 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199650446 |
| Title | Biomeasurement |
| Author | Dawn Hawkins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2014-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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