Product Description
Interpreting statistical information and carrying out statistical procedures is an integral part of veterinary and animal science. This successful textbook, now in its second edition and with an accompanying CD, provides the reader with the necessary information to handle numerical data and critically appraise the statistical methodology in the literature in the fields of veterinary and animal science. Written in a non-mathematical way with an emphasis on assimilating underlying concepts and correctly interpreting computer output, it contains numerous worked real examples to help the reader develop an understanding of the procedures.

Revised and updated throughout, this new edition of Statistics for Veterinary and Animal Science

is now accompanied by a CD containing the datasets used in the examples so that the user can work through the procedures;

assumes no prior knowledge of statistics;

features learning objectives and exercises in every chapter to evaluate progress in understanding;

includes helpful flowcharts to provide a guide to the correct analysis of data;

contains glossaries of notation and terminology which act as ready reference;

indicates the more advanced sections that can be skipped initially without loss of continuity;

includes a new chapter in which the fundamental importance of statistics to the practice of evidence-based veterinary medicine is clearly demonstrated and explained;

incorporates new material on regression methods such as Poisson regression, regression models for clustered data, Cox proportional hazards regression models for survival data and generalized linear models.

Specifically written for veterinary science and animal science students, researchers and practitioners for whom no other suitable text exists.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 3 reviews)

good basic statistics, "friendly" format

This is the recommended text for my biostats refresher course, so obviously the lecturers think it's good. Good basic stats book, good examples relevant to vet and animal science research. Lots of exercises to test your knowledge of the chapters.Has all the tables and formulas required, good glossary of terms. I found it fairly easy to read.
February 09, 2008

An outstanding survey

Interpreting statistical information is a part of veterinary and animal science: college-level students will find Statistics for Veterinary and Animal Science, 2nd Edition the perfect text for handling and understanding numeral data and statistics in the fields of vet and animal science. You'd expect such a book to be loaded with calculations and math: it's actually written in a non-mathematical way to emphasize underlying concepts and how to interpret computer output, and comes with a cd containing the datasets used in the examples. An outstanding survey which assumes no prior knowledge of statistics, this is a top pick for any college collection strong in veterinary science.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
April 19, 2007

Finally stats for my tiny brain...

First stats book that I have read that gives me what I need in minutes. It also explains the concepts and functions that I use everyday in a manner understandable for most earthlings.

Thank you.
January 13, 2001

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