The book "Essentials of Agricultural Statistics" is an effort by the author to present the essentials of statistics for the use by the students and professionals of agricultural sciences alike. Less of mathematics and clear understanding of the concepts were the guiding principles in writing this book. The book is organized systematically to take the reader from descriptive statistics to inferential statistics. The first chapter introduces the subject matter. Chapter two tells about the data and sampling procedures. The principles of descriptive statistics are dealt in chapter 3 to 6. Chapter 7 to 11 deal with inferential statistics explaining the principles of probability, probability distributions, statistical inferences and testing of hypothesis. Analysis of variance and experimental designs are dealt in chapter 12 to 16. Chapter 17 deals with chi square test, while chapter 18 deals with correlation and regression. Principles and types of non-parametric tests are dealt in chapter 19. The Principles of data transformation are presented in chapter 20. A chapter on introduction to Microsoft Excel (chapter 20) has been provided along with notes on "using Excel" on important topics all through the text book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR E V Divakara Sastry
Dr. E.V. Divakara Sastry obtained all his education from Banaras Hindu University (upto 1982) and since then has been working at S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Rajasthan Agricultural University campus Jobner and at present he is Sr. Breeder and Head, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics. He has been involved in the teaching all through his career and has been teaching Biometrical Genetics for the last 2 decades. He has also worked as Ex-partriate expert on Biometrics at Alemaya University (Presently Haramaya University), Ethiopia under World Bank-ARTP Project. He has developed one variety in taramira (Eruca sativa) and is involved in development of 4 varieties in seed spices. His research interests include salinity tolerance in crop plants, dwarfism in wheat and fodder quality in pearl millet. He has published more than a 70 research papers in both National and International Journals and has authored several practical manuals. He has also edited the much acclaimed book "Seed Spices: Production, Quality and Export" published by Pointer Publishers. He has guided 10 Ph.D. and 36 M.Sc. dissertation works. He has supervised several research projects. He has obtained advanced training in forestry faculty development from UK obtained PG level diploma in Education from wolpoly (Presently Wolverhampton University). He has written several computer programmes related to statistics and Biometrics. He is a regular guest speaker on education technology at different for a. He is also member of Management committees of several schools. His bibliography appears regularly in Marquis Who's Who.
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