Applying and Interpreting Statistics A Comprehensive Guide
In the period since the first edition was published, I have appreciated the corre spondence from all parts of the world expressing thanks for the presentation of statistics from a user's perspective. It has been particularIy pleasing to have been invited to contribute to course restructuring a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2001 |
| Series: | Springer Texts in Statistics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 The Importance of Statistics in an Information-Based World
- 2 Data: The Factual Information
- 3 Statistical Models: The Experimenter’s View
- 4 Comparing Model and Data
- 5 Probability: A Fundamental Tool of Statistics
- 6 Some Widely Used Statistical Models
- 7 Some Important Statistics and Their Sampling Distributions
- 8 Statistical Analysis: The Statistician’s View
- 9 Examining Proportions and Success Rates
- 10 Model and Data Checking
- 11 Questions About the “Average” Value
- 12 Comparing Two Groups, Treatments, or Processes
- 13 Comparative Studies, Surveys, and Designed Experiments
- 14 Comparing More Than Two Treatments or Groups
- 15 Comparing Mean Response When There Are Three or More Treatments
- 16 Comparing Patterns of Response: Frequency Tables
- 17 Studying Relations Between Variables
- 18 Prediction and Estimation: The Role of Explanatory Variables
- 19 Questions About Variability
- 20 Cause and Effect: Statistical Perspectives
- 21 Studying Changes in Response over Time
- A Tables for Some Common Probability Distributions
- A.1 The Normal Distribution
- A.3 The Chi-Squared Distribution
- References