This textbook teaches crucial statistical methods to answer research
questions using a unique range of statistical software programs,
including MINITAB and R. This textbook is developed for undergraduate
students in agriculture, nursing, biology and biomedical research.
Graduate students will also find it to be a useful way to refresh their
statistics skills and to reference software options. The unique
combination of examples is approached using MINITAB and R for their
individual strengths. Subjects covered include among others data
description, probability distributions, experimental design, regression
analysis, randomized design and biological assay. Unlike other
biostatistics textbooks, this text also includes outliers, influential
observations in regression and an introduction to survival analysis.
Material is taken from the author`s extensive teaching and research in
Africa, USA and the UK. Sample problems, references and electronic
supplementary material accompany each chapter.