This book is certainly one of the best intro stat books. There're lots of examples in the book and the content is unique. It covers many modern statistical techniques. Really worth reading.
Basic statistics: understanding conventional methods and modern insights
โ Scribed by Wilcox, Rand R
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 271
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This introductory statistics textbook for non-statisticians covers basic principles, concepts, and methods routinely used in applied research. What sets this text apart is the incorporation of the many advances and insights from the last half century when explaining basic principles. These advances provide a foundation for vastly improving our ability to detect and describe differences among groups and associations among variables and provide a deeper and more accurate sense of when basic methods perform well and when they fail.;Partial List of Symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. Numerical Summaries of Data; 3. Graphical Summaries of Data and Some Related Issues; 4. Probability and Related Concepts; 5. Sampling Distributions; 6. Estimation; 7. Hypothesis Testing; 8. Correlation and Regression; 9. Comparing Two Groups; 10. Comparing More Than Two Groups; 11. Multiple Comparisons; 12. Categorical Data; 13. Rank-Based and Nonparametric Methods; Appendix A: Solutions to Selected Exercise Problems; Appendix B: Tables; References; Index.
โฆ Table of Contents
Partial List of Symbols
1. Introduction
2. Numerical Summaries of Data
3. Graphical Summaries of Data and Some Related Issues
4. Probability and Related Concepts
5. Sampling Distributions
6. Estimation
7. Hypothesis Testing
8. Correlation and Regression
9. Comparing Two Groups
10. Comparing More Than Two Groups
11. Multiple Comparisons
12. Categorical Data
13. Rank-Based and Nonparametric Methods
Appendix A: Solutions to Selected Exercise Problems
Appendix B: Tables
References
Index.
โฆ Subjects
Mathematical statistics;MATHEMATICS--Probability & Statistics--General;Electronic book;Electronic books;Textbooks;Mathematical statistics -- Textbooks;MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- General
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