Statistics for Veterinary and Animal Science

Banish your fears of statistical analysis using this clearly written and highly successful textbook. Statistics for Veterinary and Animal Science Third Edition is an introductory text which assumes no previous knowledge of statistics. It starts with very basic methodology and builds on it to encompass some of the more advanced techniques that are currently used. This book will enable you to handle numerical data and critically appraise the veterinary and animal science literature. Written in a non-mathematical way, the emphasis is on understanding the underlying concepts and correctly interpreting computer output, and not on working through mathematical formulae.

Key features:

• Flow charts are provided to enable you to choose the correct statistical analyses in different situations
• Numerous real worked examples are included to help you master the procedures
• Two statistical packages, SPSS and Stata, are used to analyse data to familiarise you wi