
Basic Statistics
Understanding Conventional Methods and Modern Insights
Rand R. Wilcox(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 30. July 2009
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-0-19-531510-3 (ISBN)
Description
This introductory statistics textbook for non-statisticians covers basic principles, concepts, and methods routinely used in applied research. What sets this text apart is the incorporation of the many advances and insights from the last half century when explaining basic principles. These advances provide a foundation for vastly improving our ability to detect and describe differences among groups and associations among variables and provide a deeper and more accurate sense of when basic methods perform well and when they fail. Assuming no prior training, Wilcox introduces students to basic principles and concepts in a simple manner that makes these advances and insights, as well as standard ideas and methods, easy to understand and appreciate.
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"Recommmend. One of the nice features of the work is that it does contain a brief treatment of probability that many other books of this type omit entirely. Each chapter contains numerous examples and problems, and most contain a summary of key points."--ChoiceMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
50 black and white line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
839 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-531510-3 (9780195315103)
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E-Book
07/2009
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€97.49
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Person
Rand R. Wilcox is is the author of 6 previous books and over 240 articles. His main research interests are robust methods, particularly methods aimed at comparing groups and studying associations.
Author
Professor, Department of PsychologyProfessor, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California
Content
1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. NUMERICAL SUMMARIES OF DATA ; 3. GRAPHICAL SUMMARIES OF DATA AND SOME RELATED ISSUES ; 4. PROBABILITY AND RELATED CONCEPTS ; 5. SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS ; 6. ESTIMATION ; 7. HYPOTHESIS TESTING ; 8. CORRELATION AND REGRESSION ; 9. COMPARING TWO GROUPS ; 10. COMPARING MORETHAN TWO GROUPS ; 11. MULTIPLECOMP ARISONS ; 12. CATEGORICAL DATA ; 13. RANK-BASED AND NONPARAMETRIC METHODS ; A. SOLUTIONS TO SELECTED EXERCISES ; B. TABLES ; REFERENCES ; INDEX