Statistics for physical sciences : an introduction /

Statistics in physical sciences is principally concerned with the analysis of numerical data, so in Chapter 1 there is a review of what is meant by an experiment, and how the data that it produces are displayed and characterized by a few simple numbers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Martin, B. R. (Brian Robert)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2012]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Statistical physics. Physical sciences > Statistical methods.

Table of Contents:

Preface, Acknowledgements, Statistics, Experiments, and Data, Probability, Probability Distributions: Basic Concepts Probability Distributions: Examples, Sampling and Estimation, Sampling Distributions associated with the Normal Distribution, Point Estimation I: Maximum Likelihood, Point Estimation II: Least-Squares Method, Point Estimation III: Other Methods, Confidence Intervals and Regions, Hypothesis Testing, Appendices, Summary of Distribution Properties, Miscellaneous Mathematics, Orthogonal Polynomials, Optimization of Functions of Several Variables, Statistical Tables, Solutions to Problems, Bibliography, Index.
1. Statistics, experiments, and data
2. Probability
3. Probability distributions I : basic concepts
4. Probability distributions II : examples
5. Sampling and estimation
6. Sampling distributions associated with the normal distribution
7. Parameter estimation I : maximum likelihood and minimum variance
8. Parameter estimation II : least-squares and other methods
9. Interval estimation
10. Hypothesis testing I : parameters
11. Hypothesis testing II : other tests.