Problem Solving: A statistician's guide, Second edition

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CRC Press, 11 mai 1995 - 325 pages
This book illuminates the complex process of problem solving, including formulating the problem, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting the conclusions.
 

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The stages of a statistical investigation
7
Collecting the data
13
General strategy
23
The initial examination of data
37
The definitive analysis
75
The computer
93
The library
101
Effective report writing
111
Probability distributions
241
Estimation
245
Significance tests
248
Regression
252
Analysis of variance ANOVA
261
The general linear model
263
The generalized linear model
266
Sample surveys
268

PART TWO EXERCISES
123
B Exploring data
137
Correlation and regression
163
Analysing complex largescale data sets
173
E Analysing more structured data
189
F Timeseries analysis
207
G Miscellaneous
215
H Collecting data
231
PART THREE APPENDICES
235
Appendix A A digest of statistical techniques
237
Descriptive statistics
238
Probability
240
The design of experiments
273
Clinical trials
276
Multivariate analysis
278
Timeseries analysis
282
Quality control and reliability
287
Appendix B MINITAB and GLIM
293
Some useful addresses
305
Statistical tables
307
References
311
Author index
319
Subject index
321
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