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Title:
Statistics.
Author:
Freedman, David, 1938-2008.

Pisani, Robert.

Purves, Roger.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2007.
Call Number:
QA276 .F683 2007
Edition:
4th ed. / David Freedman, Robert Pisani, Roger Purves.
ISBN:
9780393929720

9780393930436
Physical Description:
xvi, 576, 121 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Contents:
Design of experiments -- Controlled experiments -- Observational studies -- Descriptive statistics -- The histogram -- The average and the standard deviation -- The normal approximation for data -- Meaurement error -- Plotting points and lines -- Correlation and regression -- Correlation -- More about correlation -- Regression -- The R.M.S. error for regression -- The regression line -- Probability -- Whatare the chances? -- More about chance -- The binomial formula -- Chance variability -- The law of averages -- The expected value and standard error -- The normal approximation for probability histograms -- Sampling -- Sample surveys -- Chance errors in sampling -- The accuracy of percentages -- Measuring employment and unemployment -- The accuracy of averages -- Chance models -- A model for measurement error -- Chance models in genetics -- Tests of significance -- Tests of significance -- More tests for averages -- The chi-square test -- A closer look at tests of significance.
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