It is refreshing to find a handbook aimed at undergraduates and masters students in the biological sciences which does fulfil its design aim to enable those who want to process their data through a statistical package on a computer without having to understand the minutiae of how the test works and how to do the actual calculations manually. The thrust of the book is on the selection, use and inferences that can be drawn from using the appropriate statistical test. The starting point is a clear listing of eight steps to successful data analysis which rightly emphasizes the importance of experimental design. A wide range of parametric and non-parametric tests are covered using Minitab (10.51), SPSS (6.1, 7.0) and Excel (5.0) computer packages under Windows 3.11 and 95 (v2). There is clear evidence that the author has "road-tested" the explanations. A student-affordable recommended purchase with no equations in sight!