Hi,

I am an ecology based student working with owls, which is great fun. I am 8 months in my PhD and am a working away student.

Only problem with being a working away student is that you miss out on short courses such as stats! I need to purchase a good stats book that explains the concepts in a simple way. Any ideas????

Thanks ,-)

this one is amazing

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Discovering-Statistics-Introducing-Statistical-Methods/dp/0761944524/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223284771&sr=8-1

Its really easy to understand. Why on earth didn't I do ecology?? I want to work with owls :-(

Get hold of a course pack for the equivalent levels of stats courses from friends in universities that make and give out course packs...and there is another book....Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences by Finlay and Agresti...you could also use some training courses with SPSS