Statistical Methods in Agriculture and Experimental Biology, Third Edition [Paperback]

The third edition of this popular introductory text maintains the character that won worldwide respect for its predecessors but features a number of enhancements that broaden its scope, increase its utility, and bring the treatment thoroughly up to date. It provides complete coverage of the statistical ideas and methods essential to students in agriculture or experimental biology. In addition to covering fundamental methodology, this treatment also includes more advanced topics that the authors believe help develop an appreciation of the breadth of statistical methodology now available. The emphasis is not on mathematical detail, but on ensuring students understand why and when various methods should be used.


New in the Third Edition:

A chapter on the two simplest yet most important methods of multivariate analysis

Increased emphasis on modern computer applications

Discussions on a wider range of data types and the graphical display of data

Analysis of mixed cropping experiments and on-farm experiments

INTRODUCTION
The Need for Statistics
Types of Data
The Use of Computers in Statistics

PROBABILITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Probability
Populations and Samples
Means and Variances
The Normal Distribution
Sampling Distributions

ESTIMATION AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING
Estimation of the Population Mean
Testing Hypotheses about the Population Mean
Population Variance Unknown
Comparison of Samples
A Pooled Estimate of Variance

A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT
Randomization and Replication
Analysis of a Completely Randomized Design with Two Treatments
A Completely Randomized Design with Several Treatments
Testing Overall Variation Between the Treatments

CONTROL OF RANDOM VARIATION BY BLOCKING
Local Control of Variation
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