http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
1 online resource ( xvi, 679 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Introduction -- Getting to know your data : frequency distributions and visual representations of data -- Examining relationships between two variables : cross-tabulations -- Typical values in a group : measures of central tendency -- The diversity of values in a group : measures of variability -- Probability and the normal distribution -- From sample to population : sampling distributions and the central limit theorem -- Estimating a population parameter : confidence intervals -- Differences between samples and populations : one-sample hypothesis tests -- Comparing groups : two-sample hypothesis tests -- Testing mean differences among multiple groups : analysis of variance -- Testing the statistical significance of relationships in cross-tabulations : the chi-square test -- Ruling out competing explanations for relationships between variables : control variables and the logic of causality -- Describing linear relationships between variables : correlation and regression.
Nancy Whitter (Smith College), Tina Wildhagen (Smith College), Howard J. Gold (Smith College).
Includes bibliographical references and index.