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Practical Statistics for Field Biology

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As a graduate student doing field biology, I found this book to be very usefull. It is a great refresher for those who have had a biometrics course before, and I will be using it as quick reference for a long time. It is much easier to read then other biometrics books. Great buy!

When I found myself among seniors in one experiments in ecology class in university (I am a sophomore), I found to my dismay that others knew statistics way better than me. Although I learned probability and statistics in 10th grade, it's been 4 years since then. Therefore, I was in a despate need of a good book. I got this book along with Experimental Design for Data Analysis for Biologists, but I liked this book way better. It's more easy to read (perfect for busy students), has a couple of useful examples, and it's helping me a lot!

This books is a handy little helper for basic statistics, especially if you don't work on the topic on a day-by-day basis. Every approach is exemplified; the same examples are often used for different cases, making it clear how the various tests are connected. I highly recommend this book.

I am a grad student working on the data analysis for my thesis and this book helped me enormously! The problem with other statistics books is that they give data sets and examples that don't relate to types of data that field biologists have to deal with. My biggest problem was figuring out what kind of statistical tests I needed to use for the kind of data that I had collected, and this book answered many of my questions in that area.

The required statistics class in the biology major at my university was confusing and practically useless. This book, which I purchased a year or two afterwards, provided a nice review of the very basics.

The book moves slowly, and the information:examples ratio seems a little low at first; on the other hand, it's good to see some of the actual math of what goes on behind a stats program and be reminded of fundamental concepts. Provides some nice suggestions on data transformation and other topics.

Not perfect, but easy to read, unintimidating, and well organized - a must-read for those who are completely confused by their current statistics training.

This book is an easy read. It goes over basic statistical practices in an easy to follow format.

this is an wonderful book.