Fundamental Statistical Principles for the Neurobiologist: A Survival Guide

Stephen W. Scheff (Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA)

Fundamental Statistical Principles for the Neurobiologist: A Survival Guide
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
11 February 2016
Pages
234
ISBN
9780128047538

Fundamental Statistical Principles for the Neurobiologist: A Survival Guide

Stephen W. Scheff (Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA)

Fundamental Statistical Principles for Neurobiologists introduces readers to basic experimental design and statistical thinking in a comprehensive, relevant manner. This book is an introductory statistics book that covers fundamental principles written by a neuroscientist who understands the plight of the neuroscience graduate student and the senior investigator. It summarizes the fundamental concepts associated with statistical analysis that are useful for the neuroscientist, and provides understanding of a particular test in language that is more understandable to this specific audience, with the overall purpose of explaining which statistical technique should be used in which situation. Different types of data are discussed such as how to formulate a research hypothesis, the primary types of statistical errors and statistical power, followed by how to actually graph data and what kinds of mistakes to avoid. Chapters discuss variance, standard deviation, standard error, mean, confidence intervals, correlation, regression, parametric vs. nonparametric statistical tests, ANOVA, and post hoc analyses. Finally, there is a discussion on how to deal with data points that appear to be outliers and what to do when there is missing data, an issue that has not sufficiently been covered in literature.

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