Overview of the Guides Available
This series of biometric guidelines is for people working on projects dealing with renewable natural resources, but may be more widely useful. The guidelines were produced by the Statistical Services Centre at The University of Reading, UK, with support from DFID.
Overview of Topics:
* Statistical Guidelines for Natural Resources Projects
Guides concerned with Planning:
* Some Basic Ideas of Sampling
* Guidelines for Planning Effective Surveys
* On-Farm Trials - Some Biometric Guidelines
Guides on Data Handling and Management:
* Data Management Guidelines for Experimental Projects
* Excel for Statistics: Tips and Warnings
* Disciplined Use of Spreadsheets for Data Entry
* The Role of a Database Package in Managing Research Data
* Project Data Archiving - Lessons from a Case Study
Guides about Analysis:
* Confidence & Significance: Key Concepts of Inferential Statistics
* The Statistical Background to ANOVA
* Modern Approaches to the Analysis of Experimental Data
* Approaches to the Analysis of Survey Data
* Mixed Models and Multilevel Data Structures in Agriculture
Guides to Presentation:
* Informative Presentation of Tables, Graphs and Statistics
The guides are available in both printed and computer-readable form. The on-line versions include additional explanations and supporting material. Please contact the SSC to obtain copies or for further information. Comments on the guides and suggestions for additional topics are welcome.
Feedback
Your comments on any aspect of these guides, including suggestions for additional topics, would be welcomed.
The contact details shown below can be used to send feedback directly to the SSC.
Statistical
Services Centre, The University of Reading
P.O. Box 240, Reading, RG6 6FN, United Kingdom.
tel:
+44/0 118 378 8025
fax: +44/0 118 975 3169
e-mail: statistics@lists.reading.ac.uk
web: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/ssc/
The Statistical Services Centre is a non-profit-making centre attached to the Department of Applied Statistics, at The University of Reading, UK. The Centre employs its own staff and undertakes training and consultancy work for clients outside the University. Its staff advise DFID on biometric inputs to natural resources projects with the aim of supporting their effective design and implementation.
© Copyright Statistical Services Centre, The University of Reading, UK.
These guides are the product of a team effort involving Roger Stern, Savitri Abayasekera, Ian Wilson, Eleanor Allan, Cathy Garlick, Sandro Leidi, Carlos Barahona and Ian Dale, with contributions from Bob Burn, Ric Coe, Sian Floyd, James Gallagher, Joan Knock, Roger Mead, Clifford Pearce, John Rowlands, John Sherington and others. Editing for the Web, CD and printable versions of the guides was by Ian Dale.
Last updated 11/04/03