Statistics in a nutshell
(2012)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
519.5/BOSLAUGH,S

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 519.5/BOSLAUGH,S Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Farnham, Surrey, England : O'Reilly, 2012
EDITION
Second edition
DESCRIPTION

xix, 569 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781449316822, 1449316824
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Includes index

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

A clear and concise introduction and reference for anyone new to the subject of statistics