Biometry (Zool 631) Course Materials

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Supplementary Chapters

  • Chapter 16 (14 in 5th ed.): Bootstrap Methods and Permutation Tests
  • Chapter 15: Nonparametric Tests

Data Examples

  1. Laysan Finch Beak Widths   data
  2. Parasitoid Eggs on Stinkbugs   data
  3. Parasitoid Competition   data
  4. Butterflyfish Pair Sizes   data
  5. Parasite Ingestion by Fish   data
  6. Comparison of Arm Sizes   data
  7. Bioerosion by Parrotfish   data
  8. Barnacle Competition

Software Guides

  • Minitab
    • other Minitab resources
        http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/statsac/sac_pages/statistics_Minitab.htm
        http://www.stat.psu.edu/~lsimon/stat501wc/sp05/minitab/
  • Stata
  • S-Plus

Miscellaneous Statistical Topics

  • Distributions: Binomial, Poisson, etc.
  • Why a P-value includes the probability of more extreme outcomes
  • signed-rank test: how to calculate statistic, and null sampling distribution
  • Mood's median test
  • multiple comparison procedures
  • selecting statistical procedures