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:

 * The Design of Experiments

 * Some Basic Ideas of Sampling

 * Guidelines for Planning Effective Surveys

 * On-Farm Trials - Some Biometric Guidelines

 * One Animal per Farm

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

 * Moving on from MSTAT

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

 * Modern Methods of Analysis

 * 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.

SSC Contact details

Statistical Services Centre, The University of Reading 
P.O. Box 240, Reading, RG6 6FN, United Kingdom. 

tel: +44/0 118 931 8025
fax: +44/0 118 975 3169
e-mail: statistics@reading.ac.uk
web: http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/

Statistical Services Centre

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.

Credits

© 1998-2001 Statistical Services Centre, The University of Reading, UK.

These guides are the product of a team effort, led by Roger Stern and Savitri Abeyasekera, with inputs from Ian Wilson, Roger Mead, Bob Burn, Carlos Barahona, Eleanor Allan, Joan Knock, Ian Dale, Cathy Garlick, Alessandro Leidi, Ric Coe, Sian Floyd, Clifford Pearce, John Sherington, John Rowlands and others.