Biostatistics

Author: Li Chunxi Wang Wenlin Jiang Lina Shao Yun
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book systematically introduces the basic principles and methods of biostatistics. After briefly describing the origin, development, research objects, and functions of biostatistics, as well as the organization and calculation of characteristic numbers in biological research, probability and probability distributions, and sampling distributions, it focuses on statistical inference of means, χ2 test, analysis of variance, linear regression and correlation analysis, linearizable nonlinear regression analysis, analysis of covariance, multiple regression and multiple correlation analysis, stepwise regression and path analysis, and polynomial regression analysis. Additionally, it provides detailed explanations of sampling principles and methods, the principles of experimental design and comparative design, randomized block design, balanced incomplete block design, split-plot design, Latin square design, and orthogonal design, along with their statistical analyses. Based on the above content, it also briefly introduces multivariate analysis such as cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, principal component analysis, factor analysis, canonical correlation, and time series analysis. This book can be used as a textbook for undergraduate students in biology and related fields at comprehensive universities and normal universities. It can also serve as a reference for researchers, teachers, and graduate students in life sciences, agricultural sciences, forestry sciences, medicine, veterinary science, aquaculture science, and other related fields.