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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438148403321

Autore

Miller William

Titolo

OpenStat Reference Manual / / by William Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-90857-3

1-4614-5740-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 p.)

Disciplina

005.55

Soggetti

Statistics

Social sciences - Statistical methods

Statistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy

Statistical Theory and Methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

OPENSTAT REFERENCE MANUAL.- PREFACE.- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION.- INSTALLING OPENSTAT.- STARTING OPENSTAT.- FILES.- CREATING A FILE.- ENTERING DATA.- SAVING A FILE.- DISTRIBUTIONS.- DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES.- VERSUS Y PLOTS.- VERSUS MULTIPLE Y PLOT.- CORRELATION.- COMPARISONS.- MULTIVARIATE.- NON-PARAMETRIC.- MEASUREMENT.- STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL .- LINEAR PROGRAMMING.- THE ITEM BANKING PROGRAM.- NEURAL NETWORKS.- USING THE PROGRAM.- EXAMPLES -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

This reference manual for the OpenStat software, an open-source software developed by William Miller, covers a broad spectrum of statistical methods and techniques. A unique feature is its compatibility with many other statistical programs. OpenStat users are researchers and students in the social sciences, education, or psychology, who benefit from the hands on approach to Statistics. During and upon completion of courses in Statistics or measurement, students and future researchers need a low cost computer program available to them, and OpenStat fills this void. The software is used in Statistics courses around the world with over 50,000 downloads per year. The manual covers all functions of the



OpenStat software, including measurement, ANOVAS, regression analyses, simulations, product-moment and partial correlations, and logistic regression. The manual is an important learning tool that explains the Statistics behind the many analyses possible with the program and demonstrates these analyses. William Miller has a diverse background in Industrial Technology, Psychology, Statistics and Measurement.  He has taught courses in Electronics, computer programming, educational psychology, measurement and statistics and published many articles in these subject areas  He has taught statistics for over 30 years and developed a number of statistical packages for free use by educators and researchers in a variety of fields including education, psychology, medicine, economics and geology.  He received his PhD. from the University of Iowa in Educational Psychology, Statistics and Measurement.  His academic experiences include director of two university computing centers, director of a counseling center and assistant to a university president for information services in addition to his teaching.