Book

Applied Statistics in Biology:
A practical guide using SAS, R and JMP

Bowley, S.R., van Santen, E., Riley, S, Michelson, D.K., and Hummel, R.M. 2025. (Wiley) ISBN: 978-0-891-18394-5

Applied Statistics in Biology provides a thorough and accessible overview to statistics and its biological applications. Beginning with the history and fundamentals of statistics, it covers all major statistical modes of analysis that biologists might find useful, with an eye towards a robust quantitative education for biologists. Fully up to date and addressing all conventional approaches to statistical analysis, it’s a must-own for biology students and researchers alike.

Applied Statistics in Biology readers will also find:

• Treatment rooted in years of graduate teaching in statistics and biology.
• Detailed discussion of topics including regression, non-Gaussian analyses, multivariate techniques, and many more.
• A valuable complement to existing resources on applied statistics.
• For all examples, the methodology to perform the analyses using SAS, R, and JMP, are provided.

Applied Statistics in Biology is ideal for graduate students in agriculture, biology, natural resources, and related fields, as well as for instructors and researchers in these and related subjects.

Now available from Wiley:
https://www.wiley.com/en-ca/Applied+Statistics+in+Biology%3A+A+Practical+Guide+Using+SAS%2C+R+and+JMP-p-9780891183945

Statistics Resources

SAS Guides

• Failure to converge, now what? [pdf, 9 KB]

SAS Macros

• Multiple means comparison letter codes-Proc Glimmix & Proc Mixed pdmix800.sas (Saxton 2003)   pdmix800 Help file [pdf, 18 KB]
• Adjusted Rand Index adjrand.sas (von Borries 2008)
• Genotypic & Phenotypic Correlation gencorr.sas (Holland 2006)
• Mantel Test mantel.sas (Piepho 2005)
• Meta-analysis meanes.sas (Wilson 2005)
• Yield-Stability Statistic ge.sas (Cotes et al. 2002)

Download a zip file containing all of the SAS Macros here.