Modern computational tools such as Maximum Likelihood Monte Carlo andBayesian methods mean that data analysis no longer depends on elaborateassumptions designed... » 

Modern computational tools such as Maximum Likelihood Monte Carlo andBayesian methods mean that data analysis no longer depends on elaborateassumptions designed to make analytical approaches tractable. This bookintroduces some of the most common of these methods by providing a relativelysimple description of the techniques. Examples of their application areprovided throughout using real data taken from a wide range of biologicalresearch. A series of software instructions for the statistical softwarepackage SPLUS are provided along with problems and solutions for each chapter. «