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This is a very user-friendly introduction to statistical methods for first-year undergraduate biology students. (F. James Rohlf, in Quarterly Review of Biology, September 2010 )
Even from reading the first chapter only it is clear that the writer has put some thought into making the book entertaining to read. Oddly, it has worked! Her style of writing is casual, readable and humorous. This simple and 'easy to read' style makes the book inviting to use. The writer has achieved something I thought was impossible and made statistics interesting/appealing to study! (Bethan Clifford, Student, University of Nottingham )
The presentation allows readers easily to access material which is relevant to their needs. Chapter 13, on presentation of data, provides an ideal conclusion to book. (The Society of General Microbiology )
Biomeasurement is a well researched and planned book. The audience of the book is clearly identified and targeted by the material. (The Society for General Microbiology )
Even from reading the first chapter only it is clear that the writer has put some thought into making the book entertaining to read. Oddly, it has worked! Her style of writing is casual, readable and humorous. This simple and 'easy to read' style makes the book inviting to use. The writer has achieved something I thought was impossible and made statistics interesting/appealing to study! (Bethan Clifford, Student, University of Nottingham )
The presentation allows readers easily to access material which is relevant to their needs. Chapter 13, on presentation of data, provides an ideal conclusion to book. (The Society of General Microbiology )
Biomeasurement is a well researched and planned book. The audience of the book is clearly identified and targeted by the material. (The Society for General Microbiology )
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Statistical analysis allows us to attach meaning to data which we have collected; it helps us to understand what results really mean, and to assess whether we can trust what experiments seem to be telling us. Yet, despite being a collection of the most valuable and important tools available to bioscientists, statistics is the aspect of study which most students fear more than any other. Biomeasurement offers a refreshing, student-focused introduction to the use of statistics in the study of the biosciences. With an emphasis on why statistical techniques are essential tools for bioscientists, the book removes the stigma attached to statistics by giving students the confidence to use and further explore the key techniques for themselves. The book starts by placing the role of data analysis in the context of wider scientific method, and introduces the student to the key terms and concepts which are common to all statistical tools. It then guides the student through descriptive statistics, and on to inferential statistics, explaining how and why each type of technique is used, and what each can tell us in order to better understand our data. The book goes on to present the key statistical tests, walking the student step-wise through the use of each, with carefully integrated examples, and plentiful opportunities for hands-on practice. The book closes with an overview of choosing the right test to suit your data, and tools for presenting data and their statistical analyses. Written by a talented educator, whose teaching has won praise from the UK's Quality and Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Biomeasurement is sure to engage even the most wary of students, demonstrating the power and importance of statistics throughout the study of bioscience. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany Biomeasurement features For lecturers: BL Figures from the book in electronic format, ready to download. For students: BL Data set, for use in a variety of statistical packages, so that students can practise carrying out statistical analysis. BL Literature link articles: full-text versions of the Literature Link articles cited in the text. BL Interactive calculation sheets to help students carry out key statistical tests quickly and easily, without needing other software.
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I started studying at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge earlier this year, and this book was on my recommended reading list, and I am very glad it was!
Dawn is very good at explaining, chapter by chapter, the essential concepts that you must understand, from means, variations to parametric statistical tests.
With the last Maths I undertook at GCSE, this book, along with my lectures, has allowed me to feel quite confident with statistics, when I used to be terrified of them!
There is a section at the back of each chapter that explains the key points that were covered in the chapter, which is very useful for revision. There are also questions that are related to the chapter just after these key points, so you can test your knowledge.
The chapters are set out devoted to a certain topic, ie chapter 1 breaks you in with the basics, then you, slowly I might add, build up from the basics to more complex things, such as Chi-square tests and whatnot.
There are also recommendations for more complex books you can read, once you have a firm grasp of statistics, to help you move on.
Even though Dawn Hawkins is my lecturer, and this book was recommended, I would certainly recommend this myself. It really is a cracking book!
Dawn is very good at explaining, chapter by chapter, the essential concepts that you must understand, from means, variations to parametric statistical tests.
With the last Maths I undertook at GCSE, this book, along with my lectures, has allowed me to feel quite confident with statistics, when I used to be terrified of them!
There is a section at the back of each chapter that explains the key points that were covered in the chapter, which is very useful for revision. There are also questions that are related to the chapter just after these key points, so you can test your knowledge.
The chapters are set out devoted to a certain topic, ie chapter 1 breaks you in with the basics, then you, slowly I might add, build up from the basics to more complex things, such as Chi-square tests and whatnot.
There are also recommendations for more complex books you can read, once you have a firm grasp of statistics, to help you move on.
Even though Dawn Hawkins is my lecturer, and this book was recommended, I would certainly recommend this myself. It really is a cracking book!
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I have just recently been taught by Dr Dawn Hawkins, and I have to say you can't really get by without a good text book like this to really help you understand it. It is in a easily understood no nonsense text, and isn't condescending at all.
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The Author of this book is actually my lecturer at university so naturally it was recommended reading.
But to my surprise it made all the gobbledy gook that clever people spew really easy to grasp.
Every time i do any kind of research this book is going to be under my arm!
Thanks Dawn.
But to my surprise it made all the gobbledy gook that clever people spew really easy to grasp.
Every time i do any kind of research this book is going to be under my arm!
Thanks Dawn.
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