Statistics Without Tears: A Primer for Non Mathematicians
By Derek Rowntree.
Description
CONTENTS of STATISTICS WITHOUT TEARSIntroduction. How to use this book.1. Statistical inquiry. Making sense of experience. What is statistics? Descriptive and inferential statistics. Collecting a sample.2. Describing our sample. Statistical variables. Error, accuracy and approximations.3. Summarizing our data. Tables and diagrams. Central tendency (averages). Measures of dispersion.4. The shape of a distribution. Skewed distributions. Introducing the normal distribution. Proportions under the normal curve. Comparing values.5. From sample to population. Estimates and inferences. The logic ...
ISBN(s)
0024040908, 9780024040909
