ABSTRACT
Before beginning a book on statistics for biologists, it will be helpful to take a general view of the concepts that underlie science. It seems reasonable that biologists should be able to understand, to some degree, the general characteristics and goals of science. Further, as scientists using statistics, we should be able to understand the way these goals are addressed by statistical tools. We should bear these ideas in mind as we design our experiments, collect our data, and conduct our analyses.
