Glen McPherson

Applying and Interpreting Statistics

A Comprehensive Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the period since the first edition was published, I have appreciated the corre spondence from all parts of the world expressing thanks for the presentation of statistics from a user's perspective. It has been particularIy pleasing to have been invited to contribute to course restructuring and development based on the ap proach to learning and applying statistics that underlies this book. In addition, I have taken account of suggestions and criticisms, and I hope that this new edition will address all major concerns. The range of readily accessible statistical methods has greatly expanded over the past decade, particularly with the growing accessibility of comprehensive statisti cal computing packages. The approach adopted in this book has anticipated the changes by its emphasis on building understanding and skills in method selection and interpretation of findings. There has been a reduction in computational for mulas to reflect the fact that basic statistical analyses are nowalmost universally undertaken on computers. This has allowed the inclusion of a more general cover age of unifying methodology, particularly Generalized linear methodology, which permits users to more accurately match their requirements to statistical models and methods. A major addition is a chapter on the commonly used multivariate methods.

Produktdetails

• Springer Texts in Statistics
• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4419-2879-5
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1002g
• ISBN-13: 9781441928795
• ISBN-10: 1441928790
• Artikelnr.: 32211872

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Importance of Statistics in an Information-Based World.- 2 Data: The Factual Information.- 3 Statistical Models: The Experimenter's View.- 4 Comparing Model and Data.- 5 Probability: A Fundamental Tool of Statistics.- 6 Some Widely Used Statistical Models.- 7 Some Important Statistics and Their Sampling Distributions.- 8 Statistical Analysis: The Statistician's View.- 9 Examining Proportions and Success Rates.- 10 Model and Data Checking.- 11 Questions About the "Average" Value.- 12 Comparing Two Groups, Treatments, or Processes.- 13 Comparative Studies, Surveys, and Designed Experiments.- 14 Comparing More Than Two Treatments or Groups.- 15 Comparing Mean Response When There Are Three or More Treatments.- 16 Comparing Patterns of Response: Frequency Tables.- 17 Studying Relations Between Variables.- 18 Prediction and Estimation: The Role of Explanatory Variables.- 19 Questions About Variability.- 20 Cause and Effect: Statistical Perspectives.- 21 Studying Changes in Response over Time.- A Tables for Some Common Probability Distributions.- A.1 The Normal Distribution.- A.3 The Chi-Squared Distribution.- References.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION "The author covers a wide variety of applications. Each method is presented in sufficient depth to allow the reader to understand when the method should be used...I also appreciate the author's tendency to refer reader's to earlier sections or chapters for more foundational materials. In conclusion, I feel that this book would be a useful resource and a good text to use in training graduate-level statistical consultants on how to think about the application of statistics from a user's perspective." STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH "The layout of the book is quite good...In all things pertaining to format, the author has been consistent...At the end of each example in the book, the report name and name of files holding data and statistical computing programs are provided. As such, even a student of statistics can benefit very much from this book. Although the book is not that big, it contains lots of valuable information. The author has really accomplished showing that statistics should be seen as an integral component of investigation and as a tool for conducting a well-informed post-mortem of data! The author has produces a masterpiece. His book can be used as a reference and as an undergraduate text for a course in statistics for those taking statistics as a service course as well as majors. As a reference manual, it is useful because it contains statistical methods from a wide spectrum starting with univariate statistical methods to multivariate statistical methods. As a student text, it is useful because the design is user friendly and calculus has been played down to some level without loss of direction...To crown it all, the author has achieved what he purposed in his mind. His immense experience in statistical consulting is something to go by. The book itself is a masterpiece and a 'must have' for every practicing statistician."