Re: Heuristic text for biologist

2001-12-05 Thread Kevin C. Heslin
"Intuitive Biostatistics" by Harvey Motulsky (Oxford Press) was written with the math-anxious audience in mind. It's a great book. At 05:53 AM 12/5/2001 +, Patrick Crockett wrote: >My sister teaches high school biology in an IB program. She needs to >understand (and be able to teach) some

Heuristic text for biologist

2001-12-04 Thread Patrick Crockett
My sister teaches high school biology in an IB program. She needs to understand (and be able to teach) some basic statistical concepts: hypothesis test, t tests, ANOVA, chi-squared tests, p-values, etc. Can anyone recommend a book that solidly presents the concepts from a heuristic point of view,