This "nuts and bolts" book provides a condensation of biostatistical methods that applied microbiology researchers need to perform data analyses. Based on the author’s more than two decades of applied research and teaching experience, it is presented in a straight-forward manner, applicable by practicing microbiologists with minimal backgrounds in mathematics. All methods rely only on the use of a basic hand-held calculator. The overriding goal of this book is to ground one’s microbiological expertise and experience in one’s research pursuits, using biostatistics not as a black box, but as a tool.
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Biostatistics and Microbiology enables the reader to access and apply statistical methods that generally frustrate and intimidate the uninitiated. Statistics, like chemistry, microbiology, woodworking, or sewing, requires that the individual put some time into learning the concepts and methods. This book presents a step-by-step manner that eliminates the greatest obstacle to the learner, which is applying the many processes that comprise a statistical method. The author counters the fear of statistical methods by describing early in the book a step-by-step procedure to perform a statistical method - a process that we will term "the six-step procedure." All of the testing will be performed adhering to six well-defined steps, which will greatly simplify the statistical process. Each step in the sequence must be completed before moving on to the next step. In the context of microbiology, statistics can be extremely useful in making interpretations and decisions concerning collected data. Statistics, then, is a way of formally communicating the interpretation of clinical or experimental data and is particularly important when a treatment result is not clearly differentiable from another treatment.
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In 3.1.1, Welch's t-test was introduced with WRONG degrees of freedom. This huge error made me stop looking at this book.
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ordinal scale data, comparing two independent samples, nominal scale data, equivalency testing, sample size determination, skin scaliness, test sutures, tabled value, confidence interval approach, equivalence testing, binomial table, completely randomized design, select the sample size, nonparametric statistical methods, extraction levels, binomial data, true population mean Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Card Reader, Two-Sample Statistical Tests, Lower-Tail Test, Analysis of Variance, Springer Science, Business Media, Qualitative Data Analysis, Using the Student, Test Kit Card, Comparing One Sample Group Mean, Interval-Ratio Scale Data, Red Slightly Red, Other Topics, Upper-Tail Test, The Completely Randomized One-Factor, One-Sample Tests, Noninferiority Nonsu, Chi Square, Comparing More, Does Method, Comparing Two Sample Proportions, Lower-Tail Upper-Tail Two-Tail, Quade Test, Wilcoxon Table, Kruskal-Wallis Test Browse Sample Pages:
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ordinal scale data, comparing two independent samples, nominal scale data, equivalency testing, sample size determination, skin scaliness, test sutures, tabled value, confidence interval approach, equivalence testing, binomial table, completely randomized design, select the sample size, nonparametric statistical methods, extraction levels, binomial data, true population mean Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Card Reader, Two-Sample Statistical Tests, Lower-Tail Test, Analysis of Variance, Springer Science, Business Media, Qualitative Data Analysis, Using the Student, Test Kit Card, Comparing One Sample Group Mean, Interval-Ratio Scale Data, Red Slightly Red, Other Topics, Upper-Tail Test, The Completely Randomized One-Factor, One-Sample Tests, Noninferiority Nonsu, Chi Square, Comparing More, Does Method, Comparing Two Sample Proportions, Lower-Tail Upper-Tail Two-Tail, Quade Test, Wilcoxon Table, Kruskal-Wallis Test Browse Sample Pages:
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