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Recommended resources for veterinary and animal science

Statistics

Information gateways

WWWeb Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine Sources for Veterinarians
Compiled by John M. Gay, DVM PhD DACVPM ACE, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University. Resources include online texts and courses, organisational, governmental and biostatistical data sources and web sites. The entries have been selected for veterinary students and practitioners, and the emphasis is on academic materials.

General resources

University of Sydney Library Catalogue
Recommended subject headings on the University of Sydney Library Catalogue are statistics and related subject headings.

Statistics at Square One
An online text book for introductory statistics published by the British Medical Journal.

SurfStat Australia an online text in introductory statistics
Hosted by the Australian National University, the SurfStat project includes course notes, an extensive glossary, interactive exercises, statistical probability information and the demonstration of statistical concepts through dynamic graphics. Self assessment exercises are available online. The original course notes were written by Annette Dobson in 1987, and updated by Anne Young, Bob Gibberd and others. The project leader is now Keith Dear.

Basic statistics for clinicians
From the Canadian Medical Journal Association site, this page links to information about hypothesis testing, interpreting study results: confidence intervals, assessing the effects of treatment: measures of association and correlation, and regression.

Introductory Statistics: concepts, models and applications
Written by Dr David W. Stockburger of the Southwest Missouri State University this is an online textbook for students in the behavioural sciences. Some knowledge of algebra is recommended as a prerequisite for using the information on the site.

Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations: StatPages.net
A list of sites compiled by John C Pezzullo, Associate Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Biostatistics at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. The site contains links to freely accessible calculators, online statistics books, tutorials, downloadable software and related resources.

Research databases and indexes

Recommended research databases and indexes for this area of study are: Current Index to Statistics, MEDLINE, BIOSIS Previews, AGRICOLA, CAB Abstracts and Web of Science.