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Many students now start life and medical science degrees lacking some of the core background knowledge which underpins their studies. Catch Up books are written to bring these students up to speed quickly and easily, enabling them to better understand, and follow, their university courses. The books are presented in an easy-to-use format with a wealth of examples relevant to biology and medicine. Written in a simple, clear and logical manner, they help the reader get to grips with the subject quickly and easily. The books are now widely recommended on undergraduate courses in the life, medical and biomedical sciences and Catch Up Maths & Stats has also found favour with PhD students, researchers and academics who need a quick primer in the subject. Contents Mathematics section. Handling numbers; Working with fractions; Percentages; Powers; Approximation and errors; Introduction to graphs; The gradient of a graph; Algebra; Polynomials; Algebraic equations; Quadratic equations; Simultaneous equations; Sequences and series of numbers; Working with powers; Logarithms; Exponential growth and decay; Circles and spheres; Differential calculus; Integral calculus; Using and recognising graphs. Applications of mathematics section. SI units; Moles; pH; Buffers; Kinetics. Statistics section. The language of statistics; Describing data: measuring averages; Standard deviation; Checking for a normal distribution; Degrees of freedom; How to use statistics to make comparisons; The standard error of the mean; Confidence intervals; Probability; Significance and P values; Tests of significance; t tests; Analysis of variance; The chi-squared test; Correlation; Regression; Bayesian statistics. Answers to ' Test yourself' questions. Appendix 1: Flow chart for choosing statistical tests. Appendix 2: Critical values for the t distribution. Appendix 3: Critical values for the chi-squared distribution. Index. From the Publisher: You may be interested in the other titles in the Catch Up series: Catch Up Biology (ISBN 9781904842323) and Catch Up Chemistry (ISBN 9781904842101).
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book, explains the fundementals but also explains more complicated concepts such as standard deviations in a way that is easy to understand and useable.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
great book, i just started university for a biology degree
and hadnt taken maths at alevel - immeditely felt behind
this book starts with simple concepts and moves on the reall difficult stuff
but explains in an easy way
also has questions to check learning
i would recommened to anybody who feels there maths skilss arent up to scratch
and hadnt taken maths at alevel - immeditely felt behind
this book starts with simple concepts and moves on the reall difficult stuff
but explains in an easy way
also has questions to check learning
i would recommened to anybody who feels there maths skilss arent up to scratch
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm doing an OU degree in Natural Science and couldn't live without this book as a refresher course or just as a dip into reference book.
My only criticism is it could do with more examples to try but that's a minor niggle and maybe the publishers would bring out companion books in the future.
My only criticism is it could do with more examples to try but that's a minor niggle and maybe the publishers would bring out companion books in the future.
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This is an invaluable book, very easy to use and understand even with no prior knowledge of maths. A real must-have!
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Buy the book, it is good and worth every penny. It concentates on error, graphs, dilutions and concentrations. Read more
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