Frequency curves and correlation

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Frequency curves and correlation

by William Palin Elderton

Cambridge University Press, 2011

4th ed

  • : pbk

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"First paperback edition 2011"--T.p.verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-263) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Originally published in 1906 by C. & E. Layton, Limited, this work, with its many later improvements, became a standard textbook on curve-fitting and was several times reissued. Reprinted here is the 1953 fourth edition of the book, published by Cambridge University Press, and containing a preface by the author, Sir William Elderton, in which he comments on the changes that he introduced.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introductory
  • 2. Frequency distributions
  • 3. Method of moments
  • 4. Pearson's system of frequency-curves
  • 5. Calculation
  • 6. Comparison of various systems of curves
  • 7. Correlation
  • 8. Theoretical distributions. Spurious correlation
  • 9. Correlation of characters not quantitatively measurable
  • 10. Standard errors
  • 11. The test of goodness of fit
  • 12. The correlation ration - contingency
  • 13. Partial correlation
  • Appendices
  • Index
  • Folding table of curves.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB06826831
  • ISBN
    • 9781107601291
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 272 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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