Basic statistics for life scientists : a concise handbook of essential techniques /

"Statistical analysis is an integral part of biomedical and life science research: the analysis and interpretation of data sets gained during experimentation has become a prerequisite for understanding the results of those experiments. Life scientists do not need to be statisticians however, bu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Tomek, Jakub (Author), Eisner, David, 1955- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2026.
Subjects:	Life sciences > Statistical methods. Biometry.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

A primer on data summarization and visualization
The p-value and concept of statistical significance
Statistical tests : how to get the p-value
Common pitfalls associated with the use of p-values and statistical significance
Problems of the concept of statistical significance; alternative approaches
Experimental Design
Concluding remarks
Further Reading
Appendix A. A brief overview of tools for statistical analysis
Appendix B. Additional points on tests for contingency tables
Appendix C. On the p-value as a measure of evidence
Code samples.