Experimental Statistics for Agriculture and Horticulture - Couverture souple

Ireland, Clive

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845935373 ISBN 13 : 9781845935375

Editeur : CABI Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Providing practical training supported by a sound theoretical basis, this textbook introduces students to the principals of investigation by experiment and the role of statistics in analysis. It draws on the author's extensive teaching experience and is illustrated with fully worked contextualized examples throughout, helping the reader to correctly design their own experiments and identify the most appropriate technique for analysis. The subjects covered include sampling and determining sample reliability, hypothesis testing, relationships between variables, the role and use of computer packages such as: Microsoft Excel, Toolpak and GenStat, and more complex experimental designs such as randomized blocks and split plots. It is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, horticulture and related disciplines.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

, Clive - Having obtained my PhD in plant sciences from Wye College I initially spent some years as a research fellow at the University of Essex, working on the primary reactions of photosynthesis and their relation to crop productivity. I moved to Writtle College to take up a Senior Lecturer and Research Manager role in 1988. For over 20 years I have taught crop science and research methodology to undergraduate and Masters students and supervised a number of graduate students through their PhD studies. Personal research interests have included the tolerance mechanisms to mineral deficiencies and salinity and the physiological aspects of tropical intercropping systems. An interest in developing effective methods for teaching statistics to life science students developed as a consequence of being obliged to take on the teaching of statistics to cover a colleague on sabbatical leave that subsequently became a permanent departure. This book arises, therefore, from the experiences of trying to make statistics digestible to generations of students who, rather like me over 30 years ago, quickly put up the shutters on the mention of the word "statistics".

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CABI Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845935373
• ISBN 13: 9781845935375
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible