内容简介
Anessentialtextbookforanystudentorresearcherinbiologyneedingtodesignexperiments,sampleprogramsoranalysetheresultingdata.Thetextbeginswitharevisionofestimationandhypothesistestingmethods,coveringbothclassicalandBayesianphilosophies,beforeadvancingtotheanalysisoflinearandgeneralizedlinearmodels.Topicscoveredincludelinearandlogisticregression,simpleandcomplexANOVAmodels(forfactorial,nested,block,split-plotandrepeatedmeasuresandcovariancedesigns),andlog-linearmodels.Multivariatetechniques,includingclassificationandordination,arethenintroduced.Specialemphasisisplacedoncheckingassumptions,exploratorydataanalysisandpresentationofresults.Themainanalysesareillustratedwithmanyexamplesfrompublishedpapersandthereisanextensivereferencelisttoboththestatisticalandbiologicalliterature.Thebookissupportedbyaweb-sitethatprovidesalldatasets,questionsforeachchapterandlinkstosoftware.
作者简介
GerryQuinnisaSeniorLecturerintheSchoolofBiologicalSciencesatMonashUniversity,andProgramLeaderintheCooperativeResearchCentreforFreshwaterEcology.Hehastaughtexperimentaldesignandanalysiscoursesforanumberofyearsandhasprovidedadviceonthedesignandanalysisofsamplingandexperimentalprogramsinecologyandenvironmentalmonitoringtoawiderangeofuniversityandgovernmentscientists.GerryQuinnisaco-authorofMonitoringEcologicalImpacts:ConceptsandPracticeinFlowingWaters,CambridgeUniversityPress,2002.MichaelKeoughisaReaderinZoologyattheUniversityofMelbourne.Hisresearchinterestslieinmarineecology,environmentalscience,andconservationbiology.Hehasextensiveexperienceteachingexperimentaldesignandanalysiscoursesatanumberofuniversities.Hehasalsoprovidedadviceondesignandanalysisforenvironmentalmonitoringtoawiderangeofenvironmentalconsultants,andstateandfederalgovernmentsinAustralia.MichaelKeoughisaco-authorofMonitoringEcologicalImpacts:ConceptsandPracticeinFlowingWaters,CambridgeUniversityPress,2002.