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By (author) Bower John A.
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Provides a source text on accessible statistical procedures for the food scientist, and is aimed at professionals and students in food laboratories where analytical, instrumental and sensory data are gathered and require some form of summary and analysis before interpretation.
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The recording and analysis of food data are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Consequently, the food scientist in industry or at study faces the task of using and understanding statistical methods. Statistics is often viewed as a difficult subject and is often avoided because of its complexity and a lack of specific application to the requirements of food science. This situation is changing – there is now much material on multivariate applications for the more advanced reader, but a case exists for a univariate approach aimed at the non-statistician.
This second edition of Statistical Methods for Food Science provides a source text on accessible statistical procedures for the food scientist, and is aimed at professionals and students in food laboratories where analytical, instrumental and sensory data are gathered and require some form of summary and analysis before interpretation. It is suitable for the food analyst, the sensory scientist and the product developer, and others who work in food-related disciplines involving consumer survey investigations will also find many sections of use. There is an emphasis on a ‘hands-on’ approach, and worked examples using computer software packages and the minimum of mathematical formulae are included. The book is based on the experience and practice of a scientist engaged for many years in research and teaching of analytical and sensory food science at undergraduate and post-graduate level.
This revised and updated second edition is accompanied by a new companion website giving the reader access to the datasets and Excel spreadsheets featured in the book. Check it out now by visiting /go/bower/statistical or by scanning the QR code below.
Table of contents:
Preface ix
About the companion website xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Part I Introduction and basics
Chapter 1 Basics and terminology 3
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 What the book will cover 4
1.3 The importance of statistics 6
1.4 Applications of statistical procedures in food science 6
1.5 Focus and terminology 9
References 12
Software sources and links 13
Chapter 2 The nature of data and their collection 15
2.1 Introduction 15
2.2 The nature of data 15
2.3 Collection of data and sampling 26
2.4 Populations 36
References 42
Chapter 3 Descriptive statistics 44
3.1 Introduction 44
3.2 Tabular and graphical displays 45
3.3 Descriptive statistic measures 59
3.4 Measurement uncertainty 69
3.5 Determination of population nature and variance homogeneity 86
References 89
Chapter 4 Analysis of differences – significance testing 91
4.1 Introduction 91
4.2 Significance (hypothesis) testing 92
4.3 Assumptions of significance tests 102
4.4 Stages in a significance test 103
4.5 Selection of significance tests 108
4.6 Parametric or non-parametric tests 112
References 113
Chapter 5 Types of significance test 114
5.1 Introduction 114
5.2 General points 114
5.3 Significance tests for nominal data (non-parametric) 115
5.4 Significance tests for ordinal data (non-parametric) 122
5.5 Significance tests for interval and ratio data (parametric) 129
References 139
Chapter 6 Association, correlation and regression 141
6.1 Introduction 141
6.2 Association 142
6.3 Correlation 144
6.4 Regression 14
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