Description |
xvi, 576 pages, A121 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents |
Design of experiments -- Controlled experiments -- Observational studies -- Descriptive statistics -- The histogram -- The average and the standard deviation -- The normal approximation for data -- Meaurement error -- Plotting points and lines -- Correlation and regression -- Correlation -- More about correlation -- Regression -- The R.M.S. error for regression -- The regression line -- Probability -- Whatare the chances? -- More about chance -- The binomial formula -- Chance variability -- The law of averages -- The expected value and standard error -- The normal approximation for probability histograms -- Sampling -- Sample surveys -- Chance errors in sampling -- The accuracy of percentages -- Measuring employment and unemployment -- The accuracy of averages -- Chance models -- A model for measurement error -- Chance models in genetics -- Tests of significance -- Tests of significance -- More tests for averages -- The chi-square test -- A closer look at tests of significance |
Analysis |
Mathematical statistics Textbooks |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [A-3]-A-41) and index |
Subject |
Mathematical statistics -- Textbooks.
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Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Author |
Pisani, Robert.
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Purves, Roger.
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LC no. |
2006047019 |
ISBN |
9780393929720 |
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0393929728 |
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9780393930436 paperback |
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0393930432 paperback |
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