Essential statistics
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Essential statistics
Chapman & Hall, 1995
3rd ed
- : pbk
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An introductory textbook for students taking statistics as a subsidiary to one of the sciences (either natural, social, medical, or applied), Essential Statistics: Third Edition thoroughly updates and enhances the successful second edition.
Essential material is covered in an easy-to-follow style. An emphasis is placed upon the concepts and assumptions underlying the various statistical methods to analyze data gathered in surveys and experiments.
Keeping complex mathematical theory to a minimum, Rees presents a wealth of fully explained worked examples, using 'people data' from a variety of fields-allowing the student a clear view of the use of statistics. Worksheets at the end of each chapter can then be used to check understanding.
For the Third Edition , MINITAB applications have been included within each chapter as they arise-rather than as an appendix. New sections examine Venn diagrams; the F test for the equality of two variances; the Fisher exact test; the x2 Trend test; and the Shapiro Wilk test for normality.
Table of Contents
What is Statistics?
Some Statistical Notation
Summarizing Data by Tables and by Graphical Methods
Summarizing Data by Numerical Measures
Probability
Discrete Probability Distributions
Continuous Probability Distributions
Samples and Populations
Confidence Inverval Estimation
Hypothesis Testing
Non-Parametric Hypothesis tests
Association of categorical Variables
Correlation of Quantitative Variables
Regression Analysis
Goodness-of-Fit Tests
Appendix A: Data Set for a Random Sample of 40 Students
Appendix B: Multiple-Choice Test
Appendix C: Solutions to Worksheets and Multiple-Choice Test
Appendix D: Statistical tables
Appendix E: Glossary of Symbols
Appendix F: Introduction to Minitab Data Entry and List of Minitab Commands
by "Nielsen BookData"