Bibliograph

Statistics in a nutshell, Sarah Boslaugh and Paul Andrew Watters

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Statistics in a nutshell, Sarah Boslaugh and Paul Andrew Watters

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-442) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Statistics in a nutshell

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

226280827

Responsibility statement

Sarah Boslaugh and Paul Andrew Watters

Summary

An introduction to statistics covers the concepts of measurement and probability theory, correlation, inferential techniques, and statistical analysis

Table Of Contents

Basic concepts of measurement -- Probability -- Data management -- Descriptive statistics and graphics -- Research design -- Critiquing statistics presented by others -- Inferential statistics -- The t-test -- The correlation coefficient -- Categorial data -- Nonparametric statistics -- Introduction to the general linear model -- Extensions of analysis of variance -- Multiple linear regression -- Other types of regression -- Other statistical techniques -- Business and quality improvement statistics -- Medical and epidemiological statistics -- Educational and psychological statistics

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