| Description |
1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Series |
Textbooks in Mathematics Ser |
|
Textbooks in Mathematics Ser
|
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction to Statistical Modeling and Models and R -- 1.1 What Is Modeling? -- 1.2 Overview and the Modeling Process -- 1.3 The Modeling Process -- 1.3.1 Mathematical Modeling -- 1.3.2 Models and Real-World Systems -- 1.3.3 Model Construction -- 1.4 Making Assumptions -- 1.5 Illustrative Modeling Examples -- 1.6 Technology -- 1.6.1 What Is R? -- 1.6.1.1 Introduction to R -- 1.6.2 The R Environment -- 1.6.3 R, Data, and Manipulating Data |
|
1.6.3.1 Importing Data from EXCEL (as a csv file) to RStudio -- 1.7 Chapter 1 Exercises -- 1.8 Chapter 1 Projects -- 1.9 References and Additional Readings -- 2 Introduction to Data -- 2.1 Finding Basic Statistics -- 2.2 Chapter 2 Exercises -- 2.3 Displaying the Data -- 2.3.1 Data Ambiguity -- 2.3.2 Data Distortion -- 2.3.3 Data Distraction -- 2.3.4 Two Chart Types That Should Always Be Avoided -- 2.3.5 Good Graphical Displays -- 2.4 Chapter 2 Exercises -- 2.5 References and Suggested Readings -- 2.6 Good Displays of Categorical Data -- 2.6.1 Bar Charts -- 2.7 Chapter 2 Exercises |
|
2.8 Displaying Quantitative Data -- 2.8.1 Symmetry -- 2.8.2 Stem and Leaf Plots -- 2.9 Chapter 2 Exercises -- 2.9.1 Displaying Quantitative Data with Histograms -- 2.10 Chapter 2 Exercises -- 2.11 Displaying Quantitative Data Using Boxplots and for Comparisons -- 2.11.1 Unequal Lengths -- 2.11.2 Comparisons -- 2.11.3 R (Retrieving Data) for Obtaining Displays -- 2.12 Chapter 2 Exercises -- 2.13 Summary: Displays of Data -- 2.13.1 Categorical Data Displays -- 2.13.2 Quantitative Displays -- 2.14 Chapter 2 Exercises -- 3 Statistical Measures -- 3.1 Measures of Central Tendency or Location |
|
3.1.1 Describing the Data -- 3.1.2 The Mean -- 3.1.3 The Median -- 3.1.4 The Trimmed Mean -- 3.1.5 The Mode -- 3.2 Measures of Dispersion -- 3.2.1 The Variance and Standard Deviation -- 3.2.2 The Range and Interquartile Range (IQR) -- 3.3 Measures of Symmetry and Skewness -- 3.4 Summary with Descriptive Statistics Using R -- 3.4.1 Measures of Location -- 3.4.2 Measures of Spread -- 3.4.3 Measures of Symmetry and Skewness -- 3.5 Summary of Measures -- 3.5.1 Definition of "Skewness" -- 3.5.2 Definition of "Mean" -- 3.5.3 Statistics and Measures Summary |
|
3.5.4 R (Retrieved Data and Descriptive Statistics) -- 3.6 Chapter 3 Exercises -- 4 Classical Probability -- 4.1 Introduction to Classical Probability -- 4.1.1 The Law of Large Numbers -- 4.2 Counting -- 4.2.1 The Multiplication Rule -- 4.2.2 Permutations and Combinations -- 4.2.3 Combinations -- 4.2.4 Computing Permutations and Combinations in R -- 4.3 Chapter 4 Exercises -- 4.4 Probability from Data -- 4.4.1 Intersections and Unions -- 4.4.2 The Addition Rule -- 4.4.3 Rule for Mutually Exclusive Sets -- 4.4.4 Addition Rule for Mutually Exclusive Events -- 4.4.5 Complement Rule |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
|
4.4.6 Conditional Probability |
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Sturdivant, Rodney X
|
| ISBN |
9781000825572 |
|
1000825574 |
|
