Overview
- No matter the statistical software program you use, this book will teach you to apply crucial statistical methods to research questions
- Definitive introductory text in statistics is developed for students in agriculture, nursing, biology and biomedical research to showcase development of new tools and theories for analysis, diagnostics and methodology
- Unique combination of examples are approached from different perspectives highlight the strength of statistical software programs Stata, MINITAB and R for particular functions
- Features fully optimized ebook and electronic supplementary material for easy use
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bayo Lawal is Professor of Statistics at Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State Nigeria. He received his B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Mathematics from the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria and his Master’s degree in Biometry from the University of Reading, UK. His Ph.D. in Statistics is from the University of Essex, UK. Professor Lawal has taught for several years at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, St Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN, Temple University in Philadelphia, USA. He was a visiting professor in the department of Biometry and Epidemiology (now department of Biostatistics) at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC between 2009 and 2000. He also served as chair of the Departments of Statistics at St Cloud State University, MN, USA and at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria. He has also served as Dean of the School of Sciences, Auburn University at Montgomery between 2004 and 2008 as well as the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and Interim Academic Vice-President at the America University of Nigeria, Yola, Nigeria between 2008 and 2011. He is currently serving as head of the Department of Statistics and Mathematical Sciences at Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Applied Statistical Methods in Agriculture, Health and Life Sciences
Authors: Bayo Lawal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05555-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05554-1Published: 24 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37834-3Published: 30 April 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05555-8Published: 15 September 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 799
Number of Illustrations: 475 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences, Statistical Theory and Methods, Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs