FORESTRY RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC |
A STATISTICAL MANUAL FOR FORESTRY RESEARCH
By
K. JAYARAMAN
Kerala Forest Research Institute
Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala, India
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
BANGKOK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
NOTATION
1. STATISTICAL METHOD IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
2. BASIC STATISTICS
2.1. Concept of Probability3 STATISTICAL INFERENCE
2.2. Frequency distribution
2.3. Properties of frequency distribution
2.4. Discrete theoretical distributions
2.5. Continuous theoretical distributions
3.1. Tests of hypotheses4. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS
3.2 Test of difference between means
3.4 Test of proportions
3.5 Test of goodness of fit
3.6. Analysis of variance
3.7. Transformation of data
3.8. Correlation
3.9. Regression
3.10. Analysis of covariance
3.11 Analysis of repeated measures
4.1 Principles of experimentation5. SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
4.2. Completely randomized design
4.3. Randomized complete block design
4.4. Factorial experiments
4.5. Fractional factorial design
4.6. Split plot design
4.7. Lattice designs
4.8. Response surface designs
5.1. Basic concepts of sampling6. SPECIAL TOPICS
5.2. Simple random sampling
5.3. Systematic sampling
5.4. Stratified sampling
5.5. Multistage sampling
5.6. Multiphase sampling
5.7. Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling
6.1 Genetics and plant breeding7. Concluding remarks
6.2. Forest mensuration
6.3. Forest ecology
6.4. Wildlife biology
8. bibliography
Appendix 1. Percentage points of the normal distribution
Appendix 2. Student’s t distribution
Appendix 3. F distribution (5%)
Appendix 4. Distribution of c 2
Appendix 5. Significant values of correlation coefficient
Appendix 6. Random numbers
Appendix 7. Elementary mathematical and statistical concepts