Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology

Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology is an easy-to-use, handbook which concentrates on essentials. It explains why certain mathematical concepts can help biology and describes them in simple language and pictures with few equations. Numerous worked examples and problems for real biological situations are provided. The book first shows how to handle numbers and S.I. units. It then explains why variation is such a problem in biology and shows how to use statistical tests to separate real effects from the background variation. Finally it explains how to choose appropriate statistical tests to analyse data and how to improve the design of experiments.
This book makes an ideal companion for biologists at all levels, as a text for elementary courses for sixth form and first year undergraduate students, a self-study guide, or a laboratory handbook for the working biologist.

Roland Ennos is Senior Lecturer in Ecology at the University of Manchester.