Applying statistical results to real life situations can be difficult or futile if you can't be certain what the results actually mean. This reference guide provides readers with the frequently elusive link between statistical results and practical applications. Students will learn the basic concepts and principles of statistics and probability, without getting bogged down in complicated theories and abstractions.
Author(s): David Kault
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 272
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Glossaries......Page 10
Statistical Computer Program......Page 12
1 Statistics: The Science of Dealing with Variability and Uncertainty......Page 14
2 Descriptive Statistics......Page 22
3 Basic Probability and Fisher's Exact Test......Page 46
4 Discrete Random Variables and Some Statistical Tests Based on Them......Page 76
5 Continuous Random Variables and Some Statistical Tests Based on Them......Page 110
6 General Issues in Hypothesis Testing......Page 154
7 Causality: Interventions and Observational Studies......Page 180
8 Categorical Measurements on Two or More Groups......Page 188
9 Statistics on More Than Two Groups......Page 210
10 Miscellaneous Topics......Page 240
Appendix: Table of the Standard Normal Distribution......Page 252
Answers......Page 254
Annotated Bibliography......Page 266
E......Page 268
R......Page 269
Z......Page 270
