CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- 1 BioStatistics and Microbiology: Introduction -- 1.1 Normal Distribution -- 1.2 Mean -- 1.3 Variance and Standard Deviation -- 1.4 Mode of Sample Data -- 1.5 Median of Sample Data -- 1.6 Using Normal Distribution Tables -- 1.7 Standard Error of the Mean -- 1.8 Confidence Intervals -- 1.9 Hypothesis Testing -- 2 One-Sample Tests -- 2.1 Estimation of a One-Sample Mean -- 2.2 Comparing One Sample Group Mean to a Standard Value -- 2.3 Determining Adequate Sample Sizes for One-Sample Statistical Tests -- 2.4 Detection Level -- 2.5 A More Accurate Method of Sample Size Determination -- 2.6 (Optional) Equivalency Testing -- 3 Two-Sample Statistical Tests, Normal Distribution -- 3.1 Requirements of all t Tests -- 3.2 Other Topics -- 4 Analysis of Variance -- 4.1 The Completely Randomized One-Factor ANOVA -- 4.2 Contrasts -- 4.3 Confidence Intervals -- 4.4 Sample Size Calculation -- 4.5 Randomized Block Design -- 4.6 Pair-wise Contrasts -- 4.7 100 (1 - α) Confidence Intervals -- 4.8 Sample Size Calculation -- 5 Regression and Correlation Analysis -- 5.1 Least Squares Equation -- 5.2 Strategy for Linearizing Data -- 5.3 The Power Scale -- 5.4 Using Regression Analysis -- 5.5 Predicting the Average ŷ from an x Value -- 5.6 Predicting a Specific ŷ Value from an x Value -- 5.7 Correlation -- 5.8 Correlation Coefficient: r -- 5.9 Coefficient of Determination: r 2 -- 5.10 Predicting an x Value from a y Value -- 5.11 Confidence Interval for a Specific xˆ -- 5.12 Confidence Interval for the Average x Value -- 5.13 D-Value Calculation -- 6 Qualitative Data Analysis -- 6.1 Binomial Distribution -- 6.2 Confidence Interval Estimation -- 6.3 Comparing Two Samples -- 6.4 Comparing Two Sample Proportions -- 6.5 Equivalence Testing: Proportions -- 6.6 Two-Sample Equivalence: Proportions -- 7 Nonparametric Statistical Methods.

7.1 Comparing Two Independent Samples: Nominal Scale Data -- 7.2 Ordinal Scale Data: Rankable -- 7.3 Interval-Ratio Scale Data -- Appendix: Tables of Mathematical Values -- Table A.1 Student's t table (percentage points of the t distribution) -- Table A.2 Z-table (normal curve areas [entries in the body of the table give the area under the standard normal curve from 0 to z]) -- Table A.3 Studentized range table -- Table A.4 F distribution tables -- Table A.5 Chi square table -- Table A.6 Quantiles of the Mann-Whitney test statistic -- Table A.7 Binomial probability distribution -- Table A.8 Critical values of the Kruskal-Wallis test -- Table A.9 Friedman ANOVA table -- Table A.10 Wilcoxon table -- Index.