Statistics with Common Sense
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Statistics with Common Sense

  1. 272 pages
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Statistics with Common Sense

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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. Many statistics texts rely too heavily on mathematical formulas. Kault restores the emphasis to understanding statistical results and using common sense in decision making. Everyday examples bring the concepts to life. In the entry on hypothesis testing, Kault examines how a statistical result incorrectly overruled the common sense of many doctors. A chapter on random variables shows the chance that students will carry cell phones, and a chapter on categorical measurements uses statistics to determine the efficiency of a new treatment for a serious disease. Each chapter ends with questions that will help students further understand important concepts. Useful on its own and perfect as a means of expanding classroom discussions, this book is ideal for high school students or anyone needing to review the basics of statistics.

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Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2003
ISBN
9780313052873
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Physics
Index
Physics

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Glossaries
  5. Statistical Computer Program
  6. 1 Statistics: The Science of Dealing with Variability and Uncertainty
  7. 2 Descriptive Statistics
  8. 3 Basic Probability and Fisher's Exact Test
  9. 4 Discrete Random Variables and Some Statistical Tests Based on Them
  10. 5 Continuous Random Variables and Some Statistical Tests Based on Them
  11. 6 General Issues in Hypothesis Testing
  12. 7 Causality: Interventions and Observational Studies
  13. 8 Categorical Measurements on Two or More Groups
  14. 9 Statistics on More Than Two Groups
  15. 10 Miscellaneous Topics
  16. Appendix: Table of the Standard Normal Distribution
  17. Answers
  18. Annotated Bibliography
  19. Index