Fundamental Laboratory Mathematics

Conquer the math skills essential for the laboratory... and reduce the anxieties math often induces! Step by step, skill by skill... you’ll progress from simple to complex calculations, building your proficiencies and testing them along the way. Perfect for classroom, clinical, and professional success!

This hands-on manual, with pedagogical features that draw the learner into the content, offers clear and complete coverage of the mathematical topics most often used in today’s clinical and medical laboratories. Furthermore, it provides a solid foundation for subsequent courses in the laboratory sciences. The first two chapters present a review of basic mathematical concepts. The remainder of the book provides students with a realistic means to build on previously learned concepts— both mathematical and scientific—to refine their mathematical skills, and to gauge their mastery of those skills. Outstanding features . . . • Each chapter opens with an outline, objectives, and key terms. • Key terms, highlighted within the text, are listed and defined in the glossary. • “Margin problems” and practice problem sets provide the chance to gain immediate proficiency. • Laboratory exercises and review problems allow students to apply what they’ve learned and assess their understanding and progress. • A special calculator icon signals explanations of calculator use for a particular mathematical function. • Study hints—“Keys to Success”—offer practical suggestions and guidance for maximizing achievement. • The workbook design enables users to solve problems and take notes directly on the pages.

This manual offers a clear review of basic mathematical topics most often used in clinical and medical laboratories. It is the perfect refresher for participating technicians and will be a handy on-site reference tooll users can go directly to the material that they need to review. Application problems and hands-on laboratory exercises at the end of each chapter reinforce material and give users the opportunity to assess their mastery of the presented skills.

Work at the biology bench requires an ever-increasing knowledge of mathematical methods and formulae. This is a compilation of the most common mathematical concepts and methods in molecular biology, with clear, straightforward guidance on their application to research investigations.

Lab Math: A Handbook of Measurements, Calculations, and Other Quantitative Skills for Use at the Bench, 2nd edition, collects in one place the numbers and equations you rely on for your experiments and use to report your data-what they mean and how to use them-as well as easy-to-follow shortcuts for making the math easier. Written in an accessible and informal style, Lab Math describes basic mathematical principles and various tasks involving numbers, including how to calibrate lab equipment, how to make solutions, and the numbers involved in various methods for quantifying DNA, RNA, and proteins, and an all-new section on quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Basic statistical ideas and methods and the proper reporting of uncertainty are described in simple-to-understand language. Also included are reference tables, charts and "plug-and-chug" equation blanks for specific experimental procedures. Since the publication of the first edition in 2003, Lab Math has become an essential math reference and teaching resource for both on-the-spot practical information and background for understanding numerical tasks. Important additions in this second edition make Lab Math an even more useful tool for every laboratory.