Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis for Pharmacologists

Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis for Pharmacologists will provide an invaluable teaching resource for students, lecturers and researchers in pharmacology. The book will guide the reader through the basic principles of experimental design and statistical analysis, data presentation, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (including power analysis, analysis of 2 groups of data, analysis of more than 2 groups of data (Analysis of Variance, post hoc and a priori analysis), the relationship between 2 variables, confidence intervals and General Linear Modelling). 

A large array of examples will be used throughout the book, describing the variety of experimental methods for which the statistical tests are appropriate; such experimental methods will include examples from molecular and cellular pharmacology, in vitro pharmacology, including isolated tissue techniques, and in vivo pharmacology.  In addition, it is envisaged that each section will link directly to a dynamic and organic database that will provide further examples of data analysis coupled with descriptions of appropriate experimental design.  This approach ties in with the eLearning platform proposed by the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) in support of the Core Curriculum for Pharmacology.