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Statistics / created by James T McClave, Frank H Dietrich and Terry Sincich

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Prentice Hall, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xxi, 823 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 013471542X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA276 MCC
Contents:
Statistics, data, and statistical thinking Methods for describing sets of data Probability Discrete random variables Continuous random variables Sampling distributions Inferences based on a single sample: estimation with confidence intervals Inference based on a single sample: tests of hypotheses Inference ased on two samples: confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses Analysis of variance: comparing more than two means Simple linear regression Multiple regression Model building The chi-square test and the analysis of contingency tables Nonparametric statistics
Summary: An introduction to statistics which features explanations, reinforced with examples and applications. Among the applications are case studies using actual research data to demonstrate important concepts and techniques. Examples incorporate more computer techniques and draw on a wide range of material from psychology, political science, criminal justice and other social sciences. The text features a treatment of regression analysis: simple regression, multiple regression and model building, with a selection of "real world" case studies and over 1,000 exercises. There are also sample print-outs for leading statistical software packages including MINITAB, SAS, and SPSS
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Book Book Main Library Open Shelf QA276.2 McC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 56492 Available BK40696
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Statistics, data, and statistical thinking Methods for describing sets of data Probability Discrete random variables Continuous random variables Sampling distributions Inferences based on a single sample: estimation with confidence intervals Inference based on a single sample: tests of hypotheses Inference ased on two samples: confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses Analysis of variance: comparing more than two means Simple linear regression Multiple regression Model building The chi-square test and the analysis of contingency tables Nonparametric statistics

An introduction to statistics which features explanations, reinforced with examples and applications. Among the applications are case studies using actual research data to demonstrate important concepts and techniques. Examples incorporate more computer techniques and draw on a wide range of material from psychology, political science, criminal justice and other social sciences. The text features a treatment of regression analysis: simple regression, multiple regression and model building, with a selection of "real world" case studies and over 1,000 exercises. There are also sample print-outs for leading statistical software packages including MINITAB, SAS, and SPSS

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