LEADER 03984oam 2200601 450 001 9910150231903321 005 20230725034847.0 010 $a1-283-73369-2 010 $a0-273-75622-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000281515 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25270872 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000759564 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12327452 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759564 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10801507 035 $a(PQKB)11539987 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5185737 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5187236 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5832469 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5138233 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6399478 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5138233 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL404619 035 $a(OCoLC)860493245 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000281515 100 $a20210426d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow to use statistics /$fSteve Lakin 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aHarlow, England ;$aNew York, New York :$cPearson Hall,$d[2011] 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 283 p. ) $ccol. ill 225 1 $aSmarter study skills 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-273-74387-2 327 $aPreface and acknowledgements How to use this book A note on mathematics, calculators and computer software Introductory statistics 1. Introduction to statistics and data 2. Presentation of data 3. Averages 4. Cumulative frequencies and percentiles 5. Measures of dispersion 6. Working with frequency distributions Essential mathematics 7. Factorials, permutations and combinations 8. Sigma notation Correlation and regression 9. Correlation 10. Linear regression Probability 11. An introduction to probability 12. Multiple probabilities 13. Probability trees 14. Expected values and decision criteria 15. Conditional probability Probability distributions 16. Introduction to probability distributions 17. The Poisson distribution 18. The normal distribution 19. The binormal distribution Hypothesis testing 20. Introduction to hypothesis testing. 21. z- tests 22. t- tests 23. 2-tests 24. F-tests. The use of F-tests for comparison of variances Statistical Tables Table A - The normal distribution N(0, 1) Table B - Confidence limits for the z -test Table C1 - The one-tailed t -test Table C2 - The two-tailed t -test Table D - Critical values for the 2 distribution Table E1 - Critical values for the F -test (5%) Table E2 - Critical values for the F -test (1%) Summary, glossary and appendices Summary and further work Glossary Appendix 1 - 'Use of a calculator' test Appendix 2 - The Greek alphabet Appendix 3 - Some useful Excel commands Solutions to exercises 330 $aStatistics is arguably the main means through which maths appears in non-maths courses. De-mystifying the basics for even the most maths-terrified of students, this book will inspire confident and accurate use of statistics for non-maths courses. 330 $bStatistics is arguably the main means through which maths appears in non-maths courses. So many students across a broad range of disciplines encounter statistics, in most cases unexpectedly so, and will need to brush up their skills in order to research, analyse and present their data effectively. Topics such as such as methods of presentation, distributions, confidence limits and so on appear very often and almost every course involves analysis of data at some point. De-mystifying the basics for even the most maths-terrified of students, this book will inspire confident and accurate use of statistics for non-maths courses. 410 0$aSmarter study skills. 606 $aMathematical statistics$vTextbooks 615 0$aMathematical statistics 676 $a519.5 700 $aLakin$b Steve$01240759 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150231903321 996 $aHow to use statistics$92878493 997 $aUNINA