Biostatistics for Animal Science

Preface......Page 12
1 Presenting and Summarizing Data......Page 15
2 Probability......Page 29
3 Random Variables and their Distributions......Page 40
4 Population and Sample......Page 67
5 Estimation of Parameters......Page 70
6 Hypothesis Testing......Page 79
7 Simple Linear Regression......Page 123
8 Correlation......Page 160
9 Multiple Linear Regression......Page 168
10 Curvilinear Regression......Page 199
11 One-way Analysis of Variance......Page 218
12 Concepts of Experimental Design......Page 277
13 Blocking......Page 286
14 Change-over Designs......Page 308
15 Factorial Experiments......Page 327
16 Hierarchical or Nested Design......Page 337
17 More about Blocking......Page 345
18 Split-plot Design......Page 356
19 Analysis of Covariance......Page 369
20 Repeated Measures......Page 379
21 Analysis of Numerical Treatment Levels......Page 398
22 Discrete Dependent Variables......Page 408
Solutions of Exercises......Page 433
Appendix A: Vectors and Matrices......Page 435
Appendix B: Statistical Tables......Page 440
References......Page 450
Subject Index......Page 453