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Book in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) · January 2012
DOI: 10.2307/2343822
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-8604-4
ISBN-10: 0-7167-8604-4
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Preface xiii
Notes on the Fourth Edition xvii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Some Definitions 1
1.2 The Development of Biometry 3
1.3 The Statistical Frame of Mind 5
2 Data in Biology 9
2.1 Samples and Populations 9
2.2 Variables in Biology 11
2.3 Accuracy and Precision of Data 13
2.4 Derived Variables 16
2.5 Frequency Distributions 19
4 Descriptive Statistics 39
4.1 The Arithmetic Mean 40
4.2 Other Means 44
4.3 The Median 45
4.4 The Mode 47
4.5 Sample Statistics and Parameters 49
4.6 The Range 49
4.7 The Standard Deviation 51
4.8 Coding Data Before Computation 54
4.9 The Coefficient of Variation 55
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15 Correlation 551
15.1 Correlation Versus Regression 551
15.2 The Product–Moment Correlation Coefficient 554
15.3 Computing the Product–Moment Correlation Coefficient 562
15.4 The Variance of Sums and Differences 565
15.5 Hypothesis Tests for Correlations 567
15.6 Applications of Correlation 577
15.7 Nonparametric Tests for Association 580
15.8 Major Axes and Confidence Regions 588
15.9 Effect Size, Power, and Sample Size 592
Appendices
A. Mathematical Proofs 869
B. Introduction to Matrices 885
Bibliography 891
Author Index 909
Subject Index 915
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