Название: Statistics in a Nutshell
Автор: Sarah Boslaugh
Издательство: O'Reilly Media
Год: 2013
Страниц: 594
ISBN: 1449316824, 9781449316822
Формат: PDF
Размер: 21.6 Мб
Язык: English

Need to learn statistics for your job? Want help passing a statistics course? Statistics in a Nutshell is a clear and concise introduction and reference for anyone new to the subject. Thoroughly revised and expanded, this edition helps you gain a solid understanding of statistics without the numbing complexity of many college texts.
Each chapter presents easy-to-follow descriptions, along with graphics, formulas, solved examples, and hands-on exercises. If you want to perform common statistical analyses and learn a wide range of techniques without getting in over your head, this is your book.

Table of Contents

Preface ... ix
1. Basic Concepts of Measurement ... 1
2. Probability ... 21
3. Inferential Statistics ... 45
4. Descriptive Statistics and Graphic Displays ... 83
5. Categorical Data ... 121
6. The t-Test ... 155
7. The Pearson Correlation Coefficient ... 173
8. Introduction to Regression and ANOVA ... 193
9. Factorial ANOVA and ANCOVA ... 223
10. Multiple Linear Regression ... 243
11. Logistic, Multinomial, and Polynomial Regression ... 273
12. Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, and Discriminant Function Analysis ... 291
13. Nonparametric Statistics ... 307
14. Business and Quality Improvement Statistics ... 325
15. Medical and Epidemiological Statistics ... 351
16. Educational and Psychological Statistics ... 385
17. Data Management ... 411
18. Research Design ... 425
19. Communicating with Statistics ... 449
20. Critiquing Statistics Presented by Others ... 457
A. Review of Basic Mathematics ... 473
B. Introduction to Statistical Packages ... 499
C. References ... 513
D. Probability Tables for Common Distributions ... 527
E. Online Resources ... 539
F. Glossary of Statistical Terms ... 543
Index ... 553

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