AOBPreview originally published online on August 26, 2009
Annals of Botany 2009 104(6):x; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp223
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Introduction to statistics for biology, 3rd edn
Introduction to statistics for biology, 3rd ednRH McCleery, TA Watt, T Hart. 2007.
Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC. $62.95 (paperback). 296 pp.
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The population of textbooks in statistics for undergraduate biology students has grown rapidly over the last decade. I have a sample of a dozen published since 1999 on my shelf, and this is not counting titles originating from outside the UK or aimed at specific subject areas. They all cover the same basic territory but vary in the range of analyses, exposure of the underlying mathematics or extent of linkage to computer packages. The demand for statistics textbooks for biology students must be quite large, but it is
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