Statistics in a nutshell /

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boslaugh, Sarah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, Inc., [2012]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:In a nutshell (O'Reilly & Associates)
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Table of Contents:
  • Basic concepts of measurement
  • Probability
  • Inferential statistics
  • Descriptive statistics and graphic displays
  • Categorical data
  • The t-test
  • The Person correlation coefficient
  • Introduction to regression and ANOVA
  • Factorial ANOVA and ANCOVA
  • Multiple linear regression
  • Logistic, multinomial, and polynomial regression
  • Factor analysis, cluster analysis, and discriminant function analysis
  • Nonparametric statistics
  • Business and quality improvement statistics
  • Medical and epidemiological statistics
  • Educational and psychological statistics
  • Data management
  • Research design
  • Communicating with statistics
  • Critiquing statistics presented by others.