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Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research

Now in its third edition, this text has become the classic text on the application of statistics to biology since its initial publication in 1969.

The complete reference is:

Sokal, R. R. and F. J. Rohlf. 1995. Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. 3rd edition. W. H. Freeman and Co.: New York. 887 pp. ISBN: 0-7167-2411-1.

Chapter titles

  1. Introduction
  2. Data in biology
  3. The handling of data
  4. Descriptive statistics
  5. Introduction to probability distribution: binomial and Poisson
  6. The normal probability distribution
  7. Estimation and hypothesis testing
  8. Introduction to the analysis of variance
  9. Single-classification analysis of variance
  10. Nested analysis of variance
  11. Two-way analysis of variance
  12. Multiway analysis of variance
  13. Assumptions of analysis of variance
  14. Linear regression
  15. Correlation
  16. Multiple and curvilinear regression
  17. Analysis of Frequencies
  18. Miscellaneous methods

A rumor

A rumor circulated a couple of years ago that, except for Darwin's The origin of the species, Biometry was the most cited text in evolutionary biology. A check using the online version of the Science Citation Index revealed that this was not true - citations to Biometry far exceeded those for The origin of the species. From 1976 (the earliest year indexed) to mid 1997 (the date the search was performed) the following counts were obtained: Darwin (all publications) = 7,111. Sokal and Rohlf Biometry = 31,757.

Statistical tables

The accompanying book of tables is also in its third edition.

The complete reference is:

Rohlf, F. J. and R. R. Sokal. 1995. Statistical tables. 3rd edition. W. H. Freeman and Co.: New York. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-7167-2412-X.

BIOMstat for Windows

This software for MS Windows was designed to be used along side of the text Biometry. Almost all the statistical methods in the text are implemented in the BIOMstat software. The listing output identifies the sections in Biometry where the user can read about how to interpret the results of a particular analysis.

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