02111nam a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902000180006010000170007824500770009525000110017226000400018330000110022352014620023465000130169665000130170965000250172265000130174765000140176065000170177465000130179165300120180465300120181670000170182816226352009-09-11 1995 bl uuuu 00u1 u #d a0-7167-2411-11 aSOKAL, R. R. aBiometrybthe principles and practice of statistics in biology research. a3. ed. aNew York: W.H.Freeman Companyc1995 a887 p. aSome Definitions. The development of biometry. The statistical frame of mind. Data in biology. Samples and populations. Variables in biology. Accuracy and precision of data. Derived variables. Frequency distribuitions. The handling of data. Computers. Software. Efficiency and economy in data processing. Descriptive statistics. The arithmetic mean. Other means. The median. The mode. The range. The standard deviation.Sample statistics and parametrs. Coding data before computation. Computing means and standard deviations. The coefficient of variation. Introduction to probability distribution: Binomial and poison. probability, random sampling, and hypothesis testing. the binomial distribuition. The poisson distribuition. Other discrete probability distributions. The normal probability distribuition. Estimation and hypothesis testing. introduction to the analysis of variance. Single-classification analysis of variance. Nested analysis of variance. Two-way analysis of variance. Multiway analysis of variance. Assumptions of analysis of variance. A fundamental assumption. Independence. Homogeneity of variances. Normality. Additivity. Transformations. The logarithmic, the square-root, the box-cox and the arcsine transformation. Nonparametric methods in lieu of single-classification anovas and two-way anova. Linear regression. Correlation. Multiple and curvilinear regression. Analysis of frequencies. Miscellaneous methods. Mathematical proofs. abiometry aresearch astatistical analysis aBiologia aBiometria aEstatística aPesquisa aBiology aMetodos1 aROHLF, F. J.