| Description |
xi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Series |
Springer Nature Book Archives Millennium (2000-2004)
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| Contents |
The Goals of Data Collection and Its Statistical Treatment in the Earth Sciences -- 1. Sampling Schemes -- 2. Central Tendency and Dispersion -- 3. Theoretical Distributions: Binomial, Poisson and Normal Distributions -- 4. Statistical Inference: Estimation and Hypothesis Tests -- 5. Comparing Frequency-Distribution Curves -- 6. Regression: Linear, Curvilinear and Multilinear -- 7. Correlation and Comparison of Variables -- 8. Sequences, Cycles and Time Series -- 9. Circular Orientation Data -- 10. Spherical Orientation Data -- 11. Spherical Orientation Data: Tensors -- 12. Appendix -- App. I. Errors in Compound Quantities -- App. II. Notes on the Manual Use of Stereograms |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Earth sciences -- Statistical methods.
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| LC no. |
2002045269 |
| ISBN |
3540436030 acid-free paper |
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