An introductory textbook for students taking statistics as a subsidiary to one of the sciences (either natural, social, medical, or applied), Essential Statistics: Third Edition thoroughly updates and enhances the successful second edition. Essential material is covered in an easy-to-follow style. An emphasis is placed upon the concepts and assumptions underlying the various statistical methods to analyze data gathered in surveys and experiments. Keeping complex mathematical theory to a minimum, Rees presents a wealth of fully explained worked examples, using 'people data' from a variety of fields-allowing the student a clear view of the use of statistics. Worksheets at the end of each chapter can then be used to check understanding. For the Third Edition , MINITAB applications have been included within each chapter as they arise-rather than as an appendix. New sections examine Venn diagrams; the F test for the equality of two variances; the Fisher exact test; the x2 Trend test; and the Shapiro Wilk test for normality.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
CRC Press LLC
ISBN-10
0412612801
ISBN-13
9780412612800
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1532722
Product Key Features
Author
D. G. Rees
Publication Name
Essential Statistics
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qa276.12.R44 1995
Grade from
College Freshman
Edition Description
New Edition
Edition Number
3
Table of Content
What is Statistics? Some Statistical Notation Summarizing Data by Tables and by Graphical Methods Summarizing Data by Numerical Measures Probability Discrete Probability Distributions Continuous Probability Distributions Samples and Populations Confidence Inverval Estimation Hypothesis Testing Non-Parametric Hypothesis tests Association of categorical Variables Correlation of Quantitative Variables Regression Analysis Goodness-of-Fit Tests Appendix A: Data Set for a Random Sample of 40 Students Appendix B: Multiple-Choice Test Appendix C: Solutions to Worksheets and Multiple-Choice Test Appendix D: Statistical tables Appendix E: Glossary of Symbols Appendix F: Introduction to Minitab Data Entry and List of Minitab Commands