Essential Statistics, Fourth Edition. (2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: D.G. Rees.
• Authors: Rees, D. G
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgements; 1: What is Statistics?; 1.1 Statistics as a Science; 1.2 Types of Statistical Data; Worksheet 1: Statistics and Types of Statistical Data; 2: Some Statistical Notation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Ʃ; 2.3 Factorials; 2.4 xy; 2.5 ex; 2.6 Decimal Places and Significant Figures; Worksheet 2: Some Statistical Notation; 3: Summarizing Data by Tables and by Graphical Methods; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Tables and Graphs for One Continuous Variable3.3 Using Minitab for Windows to Draw Graphs; 3.4 Tables and Graphs for One Discrete Variable; 3.5 Tables and Graphs for One Categorical Variable; 3.6 Tables and Graphs for Two-Variable Data; 3.7 Summary; Worksheet 3: Summarizing Data by Tables and by Graphical Methods; 4: Summarizing Data by Numerical Measures; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Averages; 4.3 Sample Mean (x); 4.4. Sample Median; 4.5 Sample Mode; 4.6 When to Use the Mean, Median, and Mode; 4.7 Measures of Variation; 4.8 Sample Standard Deviation (s); 4.9 Sample Inter-Quartile Range 4.10 When to Use Standard Deviation and Inter-Quartile Range4.11 Box and Whisker Plots; 4.12 Other Measures of Variation; 4.13 A Measure of Skewness; 4.14 Summary; Worksheet 4: Summarizing Data by Numerical Measures; 5: Probability; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Basic Ideas of Probability; 5.3 The a priori Definition of Probability for Equally Likely Outcomes; 5.4 The Relative Frequency Definition of Probability, Based on Experimental Data; 5.5 The Range of Possible Values for a Probability Value; 5.6 Probability, Percentage, Proportion, and Odds; 5.7 Subjective Probability 5.8 Probabilities Involving More Than One Event5.9 Multiplication Law (The 'and' Law); 5.10 Addition Law (The 'or' Law); 5.11 Mutually Exclusive and Exhaustive Events; 5.12 Complementary Events and the Calculation of P (at Least 1...); 5.13 Probability Trees; 5.14 Venn Diagrams and Rees Diagrams; 5.15 Summary; Worksheet 5: Probability; 6: Discrete Probability Distributions; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Bernoulli Distribution; 6.3 Binomial Distribution; 6.4 Calculating Binomial Probabilities: An Example; 6.5 Binomial Probabilities Using Tables and Minitab for Windows 6.6 Mean and Standard Deviation of the Binomial Distribution6.7 Simulation of Binomial Distributions, Using Minitab for Windows; 6.8 Poisson Distribution, an Introduction; 6.9 Some Examples of Poisson Variables; 6.10 The General Poisson Distribution; 6.11 Calculating Poisson Probabilities, an Example; 6.12 Mean and Standard Deviation of the Poisson Distribution; 6.13 Poisson Probabilities Using Tables and Minitab for Windows; 6.14 Simulation of Poisson Distribution Using Minitab for Windows; 6.15 Poisson Approximation to the Binomial Distribution; 6.16 Summary
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 519.5; Statistics; Probabilities; Mathematical physics; Mechanics, Applied; Biology -- Statistics; Biology; Mathematical physics; Mechanics, Applied; Probabilities; Statistics; Electronic books; Statistics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482295689; 1482295687
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