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Introduction to Biometry

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Pierre Jolicoeur

    1. Department of Biological Science, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 1-2

  3. Looking at quantitative biological data through scatter diagrams

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 3-5

  4. Samples and populations, estimates and parameters

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 6-8

  5. Frequencies and probabilities

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 9-19

  6. Measures of central tendency and of dispersion

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 20-29

  7. The normal distribution

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 30-35

  8. The distribution of Student’s t

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 36-37

  9. The distribution of χ 2 (chi squared)

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 38-39

  10. The distribution of the variance ratio, F = S 21 /S 22

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 40-41

  11. Hypothesis testing and confidence intervals concerning one or two means

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 42-62

  12. Hypothesis testing and confidence intervals concerning one variance

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 63-66

  13. Hypothesis testing and confidence intervals concerning a variance ratio

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 67-70

  14. The analysis of variance or “ANOVA” (one-way, type I)

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 71-81

  15. The skewness and peakedness indices, g 1 and g2

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 82-88

  16. The lognormal distribution

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 89-93

  17. Testing hypotheses concerning frequency tables using the χ 2 distribution

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 94-101

  18. Tests of goodness of fit

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 102-107

  19. The binomial distribution

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 108-123

  20. The Poisson distribution

    • Pierre Jolicoeur
    Pages 124-133
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About this book

Statistical methods are becoming more important in all biological fields of study. Biometry deals with the application of mathematical techniques to the quantitative study of varying characteristics of organisms, populations, species, etc. This book uses examples based on genuine data carefully chosen by the author for their special biological significance. The chapters cover a broad spectrum of topics and bridge the gap between introductory biological statistics and advanced approaches such as multivariate techniques and nonlinear models. A set of statistical tables most frequently used in biometry completes the book.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biological Science, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

    Pierre Jolicoeur

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Introduction to Biometry

  • Authors: Pierre Jolicoeur

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4777-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46163-7Published: 31 May 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7163-2Published: 17 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4777-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 517

  • Topics: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Statistics, general, Epidemiology, Human Genetics

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