The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences

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Baldi, BrigitteMoore, David S.

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This remarkably engaging textbook is the perfect learning resource for undergraduate and postgraduate biology students studying statistics and data analysis. Part of the best-selling Moore family of statistics books, it covers essential statistical topics with examples and exercises drawn from across the field of life sciences, including disciplines such as nursing, public health, and allied health. Based on David Moore's classic The Basic Practice of Statistics, this textbook applies the bestseller's signature emphasis on statistical thinking, real data and what statisticians actually do, to the world of life sciences, helping engage students and underlining how statistics can directly apply to the projects they're working on. The new edition includes new and updated exercises, examples, and samples of real data, as well as an expanded range of media tools for students and instructors. This textbook is also available on LaunchPad.

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-4641-7536-7

ProduktartBuch

EinbandGebunden

VerlagMacmillan Education

Erscheinungsdatum27.12.2013

Auflage3. A.

Seiten608 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 227 mm, Höhe 258 mm, Dicke 29 mm

Gewicht1702 g

WarengruppeNaturwissenschaft

KategorieMathematik

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Baldi, BrigitteMoore, David S.

Brigitte Baldi is a lecturer in the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Irvine. She was a local and later national advisor in the development of the statistics telecourse Statistically Speaking, and developed UCI's first online statistics courses. David S. Moore is Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Emeritus, at Purdue University, USA, and was 1998 president of the American Statistical Association. He received his AB from Princeton and his PhD from Cornell, both in mathematics. He has written many research papers in statistical theory and served on the editorial boards of several major journals. Professor Moore is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He has served as program director for statistics and probability at the National Science Foundation. In recent years, Professor Moore has devoted his attention to the teaching of statistics. He was the content developer for the Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting college-level telecourse Against All Odds: Inside Statistics and for the series of video modules Statistics: Decisions through Data, intended to aid the teaching of statistics in schools. He is the author of influential articles on statistics education and of several leading texts. Professor Moore has served as president of the International Association for Statistical Education and has received the Mathematical Association of America's national award for distinguished college or university teaching of mathematics.