Handbook of Statistics for Teaching and Research in Plant and Crop Science. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Usha Palaniswamy.
• Authors: Palaniswamy, Usha
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: STATISTICAL METHODS; Chapter 1: Tables, Graphs, and Diagrams; Tables; Graphs and Diagrams; Exercises; Chapter 2: Review of Basic Mathematical Concepts Fundamental to Statistics; Variables; Summations; Logarithms; Squares and Square Roots; Quantities; Permutation and Combinations; Exercises; Chapter 3: Nature of Statistical Data; Raw Data; Classification of Data; Exercises; Chapter 4: Measures of Central Tendency; Mean; Median; Mode; Exercises Chapter 5: Measures of DispersionVariables; Most Common Measures of Dispersion; Exercises; Chapter 6: Normal Distribution; Properties of Normal Distribution; Properties of Standard Normal Distribution; Probability Integral; Practical Application Examples; Exercises; Chapter 7: Probability; Experiments; Basic Concepts of Probability; Exercises; Chapter 8: Set Theory; Sample Spaces; Venn Diagrams; Expected Value; Exercises; Chapter 9: Special Techniques in Descriptive Statistics; Frequency Distribution; Discrete Variables; Exercises; Chapter 10: Population, Sample, and Statistical Inference PopulationSample; Parameters and Statistics; Sample Size and Sampling Distribution of Mean and Variance; Some Points; Standard Error; Exercises; Chapter 11: Hypothesis and Test of Significance; Null Hypothesis; Test of Hypothesis; Level of Significance; Interpolation; Testing of a Population Mean; Significance of Asterisks; Exercises; Chapter 12: Correlation; Methods of Studying Correlation; Coefficient of Determination; Assumptions in Correlation Analysis; Rank Correlation; Exercises; Chapter 13: Regression; Function Concept and Regression; Straight Line Equation Definition of Error in Regression EstimatesPrediction and Measurement of Error in Prediction; Exercises; Chapter 14: Chi Square Test of Significance; Definition; Correction for Continuity; Test of Goodness of Fit; Poisson Distribution; Procedure for Fitting Normal Distribution; Test of Independence (or Testing for Association); Pearson's Coefficient of Contingency; Heterogeneity Chi-Square Analysis; Exercises; PART II: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; Chapter 15: Experimental Design; Experimental Design; Experimental Unit; Accuracy; Precision; Bias; Study of Variability Among Plots; Treatment Experimental ErrorExercises; Chapter 16: Analysis of Variance; Fundamental Concepts; Computation of Variance; Find the F Ratio Value; Degrees of Freedom; F Distribution; Summary of the ANOVA Technique; Exercises; Chapter 17: Principles of Experimental Design; Replication; Randomization; Local Control; Analysis of Data; Exercises; Chapter 18: Completely Randomized Design; Description of the Design; F Ratio and Its Significance; Using the F Table; Assumptions; Least Significant Difference; Computation Procedure for Completely Randomized Design; Exercises
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 519.502458; Mathematical physics; Mechanics, Applied; Botany; Crop science; Botany; Crop science; Mathematical physics; Mechanics, Applied; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482277814; 1482277816
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