Essential Statistics / Edition 4

by D.G. Rees

Overview

An introductory text for students taking a first course in statistics-in fields as diverse as engineering, business, chemistry, and biology-Essential Statistics: Fourth Edition thoroughly updates and enhances the hugely successful third edition. It presents new information on modern statistical techniques such as Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and software such as MINITAB™ for WINDOWS.

An experienced former lecturer, the author communicates to students in his trademark easy-to-follow style. Keeping complex mathematical theory to a minimum, Rees presents a wealth of fully explained worked examples throughout the text. In addition, the end-of-chapter Worksheets relate to a variety of fields-enabling students to see the relevance of the numerous methods to their study areas. Essential Statistics: Fourth Edition emphasizes the principles and assumptions underlying the statistical methods, thus providing the tools needed for students to use and interpret statistical data effectively.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781584880073
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/26/2000
Series:	Texts in Statistical Science Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

D.G. Rees

Table of Contents

Preface. 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 Interval Estimation. Hypothesis Testing. Nonparametric Hypothesis Tests. An Introduction to the. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Association of Categorical Variables. Correlation of Quantitative Variables. Regression Analysis, an Introduction. Goodness-of-Fit Tests. Appendices. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"This book is a first primer in statistics... for the occasional user or newcomer to the ideas in statistics this book contains everything you will probably ever need to know."
-Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2003

"Anyone who wants to begin learning statistics should be delighted with this book."
-Journal of Quality Technology
"…a very interesting introductory book on collecting, summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data."
-Biometrics
"The information is concise and easily understood…(it) would help plan forthcoming projects."
-Hospital Doctor

From the Publisher

This introductory textbook for students in any of the sciences (natural, social, medical, or applied) emphasizes the concepts and assumptions underlying the methods used to analyze data gathered in surveys and experiments. The second edition (first, 1985) adds a substantial chapter on applications of the interactive statistical computer package, Minitab. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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