Statistics in a NutshellNeed 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.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Measurement | 1 |
Chapter 2 Probability | 21 |
Chapter 3 Inferential Statistics | 45 |
Chapter 4 Descriptive
Statistics and Graphic
Displays | 83 |
Chapter 5 Categorical Data | 121 |
Chapter 6 The tTest | 155 |
Chapter 7 The
Pearson Correlation Coefficient | 173 |
Chapter 8 Introduction to
Regression and ANOVA | 193 |
Chapter 15 Medical and
Epidemiological Statistics | 351 |
Chapter 16 Educational
and Psychological Statistics | 385 |
Chapter 17 Data Management | 411 |
Chapter 18 Research Design | 425 |
Chapter 19 Communicating with Statistics | 449 |
Chapter 20 Critiquing
Statistics Presented by Others | 457 |
Appendix A Review of Basic Mathematics | 473 |
Appendix B Introduction to
Statistical Packages | 499 |
Chapter 9 Factorial ANOVA and ANCOVA | 223 |
Chapter 10 Multiple Linear Regression | 243 |
Chapter 11 Logistic
Multinomial and Polynomial
Regression | 273 |
Chapter 12 Factor
Analysis Cluster Analysis and Discriminant Function Analysis | 291 |
Chapter 13 Nonparametric Statistics | 307 |
Chapter 14 Business and Quality
Improvement Statistics | 325 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Statistics in a Nutshell In a nutshell Oreilly and Associate Series |
| Author | Sarah Boslaugh |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2012 |
| ISBN | 1449316824, 9781449316822 |
| Length | 569 pages |
| Subjects | › › Mathematics / Probability & Statistics / General |
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