Statistical methods in practice : for scientists and technologists /
"This book presents a broad range of methods which form the core of a statistical toolkit required by scientists and technologists, including descriptive statistics (e.g. mean, median, standard deviation), inference (confidence intervals), significance testing for one mean, two means, two stand...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, U.K. :
Wiley,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book presents a broad range of methods which form the core of a statistical toolkit required by scientists and technologists, including descriptive statistics (e.g. mean, median, standard deviation), inference (confidence intervals), significance testing for one mean, two means, two standard deviations, distributions (Normal, Binomial, Poisson), exploratory data analysis (box plots), nonparametric methods, regression and correlation, cusum charts for plotting data over time and detecting changesA hands-on, practical approach to statistics for those with little background in the subject Introduces a broad range of methods which form the core of a statistical toolkit required by scientists and technologists, presented from descriptive statistics to nonparametric methods Includes a supporting website, providing software to aid tutorials Based on practical courses given to scientists and technologists of all levels Combines realistic case studies and examples with a practical approach to statistical analysis"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470749296 0470749296 9781621982227 162198222X |