Statistics and scientific method : an introduction for students and researchers
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press ,
c2011
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overview: investigating newton's law
- 3. Uncertainty: variation, probability and inference
- 4. Exploratory data analysis: gene expression microarrays
- 5. Experimental design: agricultural field experiments and clinical trials
- 6. Simple comparative experiments: comparing drug treatments for chronic asthmatics
- 7. Statistical modelling: the effect of trace pollutants on plant growth
- 8. Survival analysis: living with kidney failure
- 9. Time series analysis: predicting fluctuations in daily maximum temperatures
- 10. Spatial statistics: monitoring air pollution