Cause and Correlation in Biology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781009560382)

Aimed at practising biologists, especially graduate students and researchers in ecology, this revised and expanded 3rd edition continues to explore cause-effect relationships through a series of robust statistical methods. Every chapter has been updated, and two brand-new chapters cover statistical power, Akaike information criterion statistics and equivalent models, and piecewise structural equation modelling with implicit latent variables. A new R package (pwSEM) is included to assist with the latter. The book offers advanced coverage of essential topics, including d-separation tests and path analysis, and equips biologists with the tools needed to carry out analyses in the open-source R statistical environment. Writing in a conversational style that minimises technical jargon, Shipley offers an accessible text that assumes only a very basic knowledge of introductory statistics, incorporating real-world examples that allow readers to make connections between biological phenomena and the underlying statistical concepts.

Author: Bill Shipley
ISBN-10: 1009560387
ISBN-13: 9781009560382
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/13/2026
Pages: 412
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d