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Multivariate Statistics for Wildlife and Ecology Research

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This book is very applied and the practitioner with little statistical knowledge will be able to benefit from it. It is easy to read and has many examples. I would say that it is written for MS level grad students. I find it very useful for examples of application.
There is not much theory and if you are looking to see how the techniques are founded in first principles, this is not the book for you. If you just want to know how to do it and not concerned too much with underlying theory, you will enjoy this.
This is a good overview of the techniques and what they can do. If you end up using a technique, you might want to find a different text to explore the theory more if that is your desire.

This book is easy to read and includes many real world examples. I appreciate that it is not too heavy on the statistical semantics which I can get from other books. I like the fact that people on many levels can read this book and understand the statistical methods without being overly intimidated by them. I return to this book time and time again during the course of my graduate studies.

This book is fairly easy to understand, even with little knowledge of multivariate statistics. The author uses specific examples relevant to ecological fields and does not focus on theory (which is a rarity in statistical manuals). It is, however, starting to get a bit outdated with some of the techniques gaining favor in the literature recently.

I am an ecology grad student and I have returned to this text again and again.