# Biological Statistics

- By: John H. McDonald
- Publisher: University of Delaware
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://stats.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Applied_Statistics/Biological_Statistics_(McDonald))
- Licence: not stated by the source
- Read at LibreTexts: https://stats.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Applied_Statistics/Biological_Statistics_(McDonald)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/stats-1707/pdf

The goal in that class is to teach biology students how to choose the appropriate statistical test for a particular experiment, then apply that test and interpret the results. In my class and in this textbook, I spend relatively little time on the mathematical basis of the tests; for most biologists, statistics is just a useful tool, like a microscope, and knowing the detailed mathematical basis of a statistical test is as unimportant to most biologists as knowing which kinds of glass were used