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<font face="tahoma" size="2" color="#000099">The '''statistics portal''' is a central place for everything related to statistical analysis in biological research. As a central starting point it might provide links to pages discussing individual statistical topics in detail as well as listing useful software and recommended external web pages. Help it grow by contributing content.</font> | <font face="tahoma" size="2" color="#000099">The '''statistics portal''' is a central place for everything related to statistical analysis in biological research. As a central starting point it might provide links to pages discussing individual statistical topics in detail as well as listing useful software and recommended external web pages. Help it grow by contributing content.</font> | ||
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* [[representing data graphically]] | * [[representing data graphically]] | ||
* [[significance tests]] | * [[significance tests]] | ||
* [[significance levels]] | |||
* [[guide to Excel for statistics]] | * [[guide to Excel for statistics]] | ||
* [[Logistic function]] | |||
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* measures of central tendency: [[wikipedia:mean|mean]], [[wikipedia:median|median]], [[wikipedia:mode|mode]] | * measures of central tendency: [[wikipedia:mean|mean]], [[wikipedia:median|median]], [[wikipedia:mode|mode]] | ||
* normal distributions: [[wikipedia:normal distribution|normal distribution]], [[wikipedia:standard deviation|standard deviation]], [[wikipedia:variance|variance]], [[wikipedia:standard error of the mean|standard error of the mean]] from the Wikipedia | * normal distributions: [[wikipedia:normal distribution|normal distribution]], [[wikipedia:standard deviation|standard deviation]], [[wikipedia:variance|variance]], [[wikipedia:standard error of the mean|standard error of the mean]] from the Wikipedia | ||
* significance tests: [[wikipedia:Statistical significance|significance]], [[wikipedia:confidence interval|confidence interval]], [[wikipedia:Student's t-test|t test]], [[wikipedia:ANOVA|ANOVA]] | * significance tests: [[wikipedia:Statistical significance|significance]], [[wikipedia:confidence interval|confidence interval]], [[wikipedia:Student's t-test|t test]], [[wikipedia:ANOVA|ANOVA]], [[wikipedia:Margin_of_error|margin of error]], [http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/stories/2003/12/31/pollsAndMarginOfErrorALittleExplainer.html Polls and margin of error] | ||
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* [http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html HyperStat] statistics textbook by David Lane (prof. for psychology & statistics) | * [http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html HyperStat] statistics textbook by David Lane (prof. for psychology & statistics) | ||
* [http://www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/LHSP.HTM The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice] by Gerard E. Dallal (chief of the Biostatistics Unit, Tufts Uni) | * [http://www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/LHSP.HTM The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice] by Gerard E. Dallal (chief of the Biostatistics Unit, Tufts Uni) | ||
* [http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/ | * [http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/ Electronic Statistics Textbook] by StatSoft | ||
* [http://www. | * [http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/statintro.html Handbook of Biological Statistics] | ||
* [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/edu/power-pouvoir/toc-tdm/5214718-eng.htm Statistics: Power from Data!] | |||
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Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. | Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. | ||
:Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) | :Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) | ||
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. | Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. | ||
:Evan Esar (1899 - 1995) | :Evan Esar (1899 - 1995) | ||
I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic. | I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic. | ||
:Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) | :Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) | ||
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. | Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. | ||
:Fletcher Knebel | :Fletcher Knebel | ||
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. | There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. | ||
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