Description |
xvii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
1. Statistics and how they are used -- 2. Populations and samples -- 3. Organizing and displaying data -- 4. Summarizing data -- 5. Probability -- 6. The normal distribution -- 7. Sampling distribution of means -- 8. One-sample significance testing, point estimates, and confidence intervals -- 9. Two-sample significance testing, point estimates, and confidence intervals -- 10. ANOVA -- 11. Inferences regarding proportions -- 12. The chi-square test -- 13. Correlation and linear regression -- 14. Nonparametric methods -- 15. Vital statistics and demographic methods -- 16. Life tables -- 17. The health survey and the research report -- Appendix A Binomial probability table -- Appendix B Percentiles of the F distribution -- Appendix C Percentage points of the studentized range for 2 through 20 treatments -- Appendix D Critical values of n for the sign test -- Appendix E Random numbers table -- Appendix F Table of probabilities for the Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA by ranks |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index |
SUBJECT |
Studies and reports. Series N, (Statistics) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99029913
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Subject |
Statistics.
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Medical statistics.
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Statistics as Topic -- methods.
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Author |
Bohnenblust, Stephen E.
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LC no. |
00038006 |
ISBN |
0767417526 |
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0071202625 |
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