TY - JOUR
AU1 - Campbell, R. C.
AB - 102 Reviews [Part 1, gene, considered in essence first by Francis Galton but still of considerable relevance. about the difficult and controversial idea of "genetic load". He also has something to say In short, this lecture clearly shows the importance of biomathematics as a young discipline. It would be interesting to know what aspects will be most exciting in 30 years' time. C. A. B. SMITH University College London 9. Biometry: the Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research. By R. R. Sokal and F. J. Rohlf. San Francisco, W. H. Freeman & Co., 1969. xxi, 9f'. 126s. 776 p. In their Preface the authors state that this book "presents what we consider the mini­ mum required knowledge in statistics for a Ph.D. in the biological sciences at the present time". For a book of just under 800 pages this is at first sight rather a bold claim, but in this reveiwers's opinion it is well justified; full use of the book will permit the reader "at the very least to be an intelligent consulter of professional statisticians", which is more than can be said of most research students in the biological sciences. The first six chapters (125 
TI - Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research
JF - Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)
DO - 10.2307/2343822
DA - 2018-12-05
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/biometry-the-principles-and-practice-of-statistics-in-biological-Ym0rM38cSd
SP - 102
EP - 102
VL - 133
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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