1 Department of Biometry and Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland 2 Current address: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK 3 Current address: Wellcome Trust MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambrid...

Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Straße 4, Freiburg, Germany School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland Department of Conservation and Research, Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Straße 2, Grafenau, Germany 4Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management, University of Freiburg...

1Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Lübeck, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; 2Center for Clinical Trials, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; 3Genometrics Section, Inherited Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 4Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toront...

Through a series of carefully chosen illustrations from biometry and biomedicine, this note underscores the importance of using appropriate analytical techniques to increase power in statistical modeling and testing. These examples also serve to highlight some of the important recent developments in applied statistics of use to practitioners.

Jonathan R. Stroud y Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A. Peter Müller Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0251, U.S.A. Gary L. Rosner Biometry Division, Community & Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, U.S.A., and Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences, Duke University, Durham...

James J. Chen1, Chen-An Tsai2, Hojin Moon1, Hongshik Ahn3, John J. Young1, and Chun-houh Chen2 1 Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment National Center for Toxicological Research Food and Drug Administration Jefferson, Arkansas 72079 2 Institute of Statistical Science Academia Sinica Taipei, 11529 Taiwan 3 Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY...

Reinhold Haux1; Stefanie Kuballa1; Mareike Schulze1; Claudia Böhm2; Olaf Gefeller 3; Jan Haaf 2; Peter Henning 2; Corinna Mielke1; Florian Niggemann 2; Andrea Schürg 2; Dieter Bergemann 2 1Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Braunschweig, Germany; 2 Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany; 3 Institute for Medical Informatic...

Reinhold Haux1; Stefanie Kuballa1; Mareike Schulze1; Claudia Böhm2; Olaf Gefeller 3; Jan Haaf 2; Peter Henning 2; Corinna Mielke1; Florian Niggemann 2; Andrea Schürg 2; Dieter Bergemann 2 1Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Braunschweig, Germany; 2 Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany; 3 Institute for Medical Informatic...

Biodiversity, Macroecology & Conservation Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Environmental Science (Biogeography), University of Basel, St Johanns-Vorstadt 10, 4056 Basel, Switzerland, Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Waldstraße 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany, Systemic Conservatio...

background: snow trout (schizothorax pelzami) is an economically important species endemic in the north east of iran. objectives:  the purpose of the present study was to investigate the reproduction cycle, time and temperature range of spawning. methods: the biometry of 243 fishes was measured and the ovarian development stages and plasma sex steroid hormones (testosterone, 17b- estradiol, pro...