Ken, Jorge and Others,
When I used to teach introductory biostatistics, I really liked the book Introductory Biological Statistics by Hampton and Havel (Waveland Press). The book was quite inexpensive (I think less than $50), was softcover, and was pretty streamlined, such that a student could easily read it cover to cover. It also had a CD with data, etc. I liked the more practical, minimalist approach (as well as cheaper price) and thought that the text explained the main concepts quite well. The book only went up to simple 2-way ANOVA designs (factorial and randomized block) and simple linear regression, rather than more complex analyses, but this seemed wholly sufficient to me for an introductory class. Introduction to Biostatistics by Glover and Mitchell (also Waveland Press) also seemed like a nice book that was fairly inexpensive and gave good explanations. I think that the coverage was a bit broader and deeper than Hampton and Havel, with more equations and derivation. I did not use it to teach with, but used it personally for helping with lecture prep and finding some examples. I no longer teach the class and the new instructors use Whitlock and Schluter, which also seems like a nice book, with better coverage of modern statistical methods, but is much more expensive. It does cover a wider range of more advanced analyses than Hampton and Havel, and is quite a bit longer (and comes in hard cover). It sort of struck me as falling in between what I would have wanted to use for my intro class (perhaps a little more advanced than I wanted), but less than what I'd want for a pure graduate class. Finally, an online resource that some of my students in my grad class found useful was Handbook of Biological Statistics, by John McDonald: http://www.biostathandbook.com/. We used Quinn and Keough or Gotelli and Ellison as the main texts in that class. Hope this helps. I really liked Hampton and Havel for my intro class, but what you prefer might depend on your philosophy of how you would want to teach the class. I liked Hampton and Havel for giving myself a quick reminder of many traditional, frequentist concepts in statistics. Regards, Mark Dixon ________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> on behalf of Anyomi, Kenneth <anyo...@carnegiemnh.org> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 12:16 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Basic statistics textbooks I agree with the suggestions; I used the Whitlock and Schluter book in teaching an introductory statistics course, it was easy to use, lots of exercises and straightforward. Cheers. Kenneth ________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> on behalf of Jen Mix <jchan...@mix.wvu.edu> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 6:40:46 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Basic statistics textbooks I second Francisco's two recommendations. I am currently using both to teach undergraduate biostatistics. Cheers, Jen Sent from my iPhone On Sep 16, 2017, at 5:45 PM, Luis Francisco Henao Diaz <lf.hena...@uniandes.edu.co<mailto:lf.hena...@uniandes.edu.co>> wrote: I will highly recommend: - The Analysis of Biological Data from Whitlock and Schluter - A primer of Ecological Statistics from Gotelli and Ellison Best, Francisco El 16 sept 2017, a las 14:02, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay <blayjo...@gmail.com<mailto:blayjo...@gmail.com>> escribió: Basic statistics textbooks Dear Colleagues: A colleague of mine send me a request (copied in part below) for an introductory statistics book (in English). 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