『Quantitative Zoology: Numerical Concepts and Methods in the Study of Recent and Fossil Animals』

George Gaylord Simpson and Anne Roe
(1939年刊行, McGraw-Hill[McGraw-Hill Publications in the Zoological Sciences], New York, xvi+414 pp.)

農環研〈湯浅文庫〉の1冊.古生物学者George. G. Simpsonは当時の生物学者の中では数学と哲学にもっとも通じていたひとり.本書『計量動物学』はRobert R. Sokal & F. James Rohlf の『Biometry』(1969)が出る前のアメリカでは定番の生物統計学書だった.

【目次】
Preface vii
List of Tables xvii
Chapter I Types of Properties of Numerical Data 1
Chapter II Mensuration 16
Chapter III Frequency Distributions and Grouping 34
Chapter IV Patterns of Frequency Distributions 56
Chapter V Measures of Central Tendency 85
Chapter VI Measures of Dispersion and Variability 106
Chapter VII The Normal Curve 129
Chapter VIII Probability and Reliability 149
Chapter IX Sampling 166
Chapter X Comparisons of Samples 186
Chapter XI Small Samples and Single Specimens 203
Chapter XII Crrelation 222
Chapter XIII Regression 255
Chapter XIV Association 285
Chapter XV Graphic Methods 305
Chapter XVI Growth 336


Appendix

Calculation 375
Symbols 380
Formulas 382
Glossary 391


Bibliography

Mathematical and Statistical References 399
Zoological References 401


Index 407