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Critical Statistics

Author : Robert de Vries
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350314374
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Critical Statistics written by Robert de Vries and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the 2019 Most Promising New Textbook Award by the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. This accessible and entertaining new textbook provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand the barrage of numbers encountered in their everyday lives and studies. Almost all the statistics in the news, on social media or in scientific reports are based on just a few core concepts, including measurement (ensuring we count the right thing), causation (determining whether one thing causes another) and sampling (using just a few people to understand a whole population). By explaining these concepts in plain language, without complex mathematics, this book prepares students to meet the statistical world head on and to begin their own quantitative research projects. Ideal for students facing statistical research for the first time, or for anyone interested in understanding more about the numbers in the news, this textbook helps students to see beyond the headlines and behind the numbers.

Medical Statistics

Author : Jennifer Peat
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470755202
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Medical Statistics by : Jennifer Peat

Download or read book Medical Statistics written by Jennifer Peat and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holistic approach to understanding medical statistics This hands-on guide is much more than a basic medical statistics introduction. It equips you with the statistical tools required for evidence-based clinical research. Each chapter provides a clear step-by-step guide to each statistical test with practical instructions on how to generate and interpret the numbers, and present the results as scientific tables or graphs. Showing you how to: analyse data with the help of data set examples (Click here to download datasets) select the correct statistics and report results for publication or presentation understand and critically appraise results reported in the literature Each statistical test is linked to the research question and the type of study design used. There are also checklists for critically appraising the literature and web links to useful internet sites. Clear and concise explanations, combined with plenty of examples and tabulated explanations are based on the authors’ popular medical statistics courses. Critical appraisal guidelines at the end of each chapter help the reader evaluate the statistical data in their particular contexts.

Research Methods and Statistics

Author : Bernard C. Beins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108553923
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Research Methods and Statistics written by Bernard C. Beins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Methods and Statistics provides a seamless introduction to the subject, identifying various research areas and analyzing how one can approach them statistically. The text provides a solid empirical foundation for undergraduate psychology majors, and prepares the reader to think critically, and evaluate psychological research and claims they might hear in the news or popular press. The text can be used in all statistics, methods and experimental psychology courses.

Theory of Probability

Author : Bruno de Finetti
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119286379
Total Pages : 611 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Theory of Probability written by Bruno de Finetti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First issued in translation as a two-volume work in 1975, this classic book provides the first complete development of the theory of probability from a subjectivist viewpoint. It proceeds from a detailed discussion of the philosophical mathematical aspects to a detailed mathematical treatment of probability and statistics. De Finetti's theory of probability is one of the foundations of Bayesian theory. De Finetti stated that probability is nothing but a subjective analysis of the likelihood that something will happen and that that probability does not exist outside the mind. It is the rate at which a person is willing to bet on something happening. This view is directly opposed to the classicist/ frequentist view of the likelihood of a particular outcome of an event, which assumes that the same event could be identically repeated many times over, and the 'probability' of a particular outcome has to do with the fraction of the time that outcome results from the repeated trials.

A Field Guide to Lies

Author : Daniel J. Levitin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698409795
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Book Synopsis A Field Guide to Lies by : Daniel J. Levitin

Download or read book A Field Guide to Lies written by Daniel J. Levitin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The New York Times bestselling author of THE ORGANIZED MIND and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever. We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process—especially in election season. It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies. New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports revealing the ways lying weasels can use them. It's becoming harder to separate the wheat from the digital chaff. How do we distinguish misinformation, pseudo-facts, distortions, and outright lies from reliable information? Levitin groups his field guide into two categories—statistical infomation and faulty arguments—ultimately showing how science is the bedrock of critical thinking. Infoliteracy means understanding that there are hierarchies of source quality and bias that variously distort our information feeds via every media channel, including social media. We may expect newspapers, bloggers, the government, and Wikipedia to be factually and logically correct, but they so often aren't. We need to think critically about the words and numbers we encounter if we want to be successful at work, at play, and in making the most of our lives. This means checking the plausibility and reasoning—not passively accepting information, repeating it, and making decisions based on it. Readers learn to avoid the extremes of passive gullibility and cynical rejection. Levitin's charming, entertaining, accessible guide can help anyone wake up to a whole lot of things that aren't so. And catch some lying weasels in their tracks!

Statistics As Principled Argument

Author : Robert P. Abelson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135694419
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Statistics As Principled Argument written by Robert P. Abelson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illuminating volume, Robert P. Abelson delves into the too-often dismissed problems of interpreting quantitative data and then presenting them in the context of a coherent story about one's research. Unlike too many books on statistics, this is a remarkably engaging read, filled with fascinating real-life (and real-research) examples rather than with recipes for analysis. It will be of true interest and lasting value to beginning graduate students and seasoned researchers alike. The focus of the book is that the purpose of statistics is to organize a useful argument from quantitative evidence, using a form of principled rhetoric. Five criteria, described by the acronym MAGIC (magnitude, articulation, generality, interestingness, and credibility) are proposed as crucial features of a persuasive, principled argument. Particular statistical methods are discussed, with minimum use of formulas and heavy data sets. The ideas throughout the book revolve around elementary probability theory, t tests, and simple issues of research design. It is therefore assumed that the reader has already had some access to elementary statistics. Many examples are included to explain the connection of statistics to substantive claims about real phenomena.

Statistics from A to Z

Author : Andrew A. Jawlik
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119271983
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Statistics from A to Z written by Andrew A. Jawlik and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistics is confusing, even for smart, technically competent people. And many students and professionals find that existing books and web resources don’t give them an intuitive understanding of confusing statistical concepts. That is why this book is needed. Some of the unique qualities of this book are: • Easy to Understand: Uses unique “graphics that teach” such as concept flow diagrams, compare-and-contrast tables, and even cartoons to enhance “rememberability.” • Easy to Use: Alphabetically arranged, like a mini-encyclopedia, for easy lookup on the job, while studying, or during an open-book exam. • Wider Scope: Covers Statistics I and Statistics II and Six Sigma Black Belt, adding such topics as control charts and statistical process control, process capability analysis, and design of experiments. As a result, this book will be useful for business professionals and industrial engineers in addition to students and professionals in the social and physical sciences. In addition, each of the 60+ concepts is covered in one or more articles. The 75 articles in the book are usually 5–7 pages long, ensuring that things are presented in “bite-sized chunks.” The first page of each article typically lists five “Keys to Understanding” which tell the reader everything they need to know on one page. This book also contains an article on “Which Statistical Tool to Use to Solve Some Common Problems”, additional “Which to Use When” articles on Control Charts, Distributions, and Charts/Graphs/Plots, as well as articles explaining how different concepts work together (e.g., how Alpha, p, Critical Value, and Test Statistic interrelate). ANDREW A. JAWLIK received his B.S. in Mathematics and his M.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Michigan. He held jobs with IBM in marketing, sales, finance, and information technology, as well as a position as Process Executive. In these jobs, he learned how to communicate difficult technical concepts in easy - to - understand terms. He completed Lean Six Sigma Black Belt coursework at the IASSC - accredited Pyzdek Institute. In order to understand the confusing statistics involved, he wrote explanations in his own words and graphics. Using this material, he passed the certification exam with a perfect score. Those statistical explanations then became the starting point for this book.

Statistical Information and Likelihood

Author : D. Basu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461238943
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Statistical Information and Likelihood written by D. Basu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is an honor to be asked to write a foreword to this book, for I believe that it and other books to follow will eventually lead to a dramatic change in the current statistics curriculum in our universities. I spent the 1975-76 academic year at Florida State University in Tallahassee. My purpose was to complete a book on Statistical Reliability Theory with Frank Proschan. At the time, I was working on total time on test processes. At the same time, I started attending lectures by Dev Basu on statistical inference. It was Lehmann's hypothesis testing course and Lehmann's book was the text. However, I noticed something strange - Basu never opened the book. He was obviously not following it. Instead, he was giving a very elegant, measure theoretic treatment of the concepts of sufficiency, ancillarity, and invariance. He was interested in the concept of information - what it meant. - how it fitted in with contemporary statistics. As he looked at the fundamental ideas, the logic behind their use seemed to evaporate. I was shocked. I didn't like priors. I didn't like Bayesian statistics. But after the smoke had cleared, that was all that was left. Basu loves counterexamples. He is like an art critic in the field of statistical inference. He would find a counterexample to the Bayesian approach if he could. So far, he has failed in this respect.

Data and Society

Author : Anne Beaulieu
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529765129
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Data and Society written by Anne Beaulieu and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2021-10-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data and Society: A Critical Introduction investigates the growing importance of data as a technological, social, economic and scientific resource. It explains how data practices have come to underpin all aspects of human life and explores what this means for those directly involved in handling data. The book fosters informed debate over the role of data in contemporary society explains the significance of data as evidence beyond the "Big Data" hype spans the technical, sociological, philosophical and ethical dimensions of data provides guidance on how to use data responsibly includes data stories that provide concrete cases and discussion questions. Grounded in examples spanning genetics, sport and digital innovation, this book fosters insight into the deep interrelations between technical, social and ethical aspects of data work.

Statistics with Mathematica

Author : Martha L. Abell
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780120415540
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Statistics with Mathematica written by Martha L. Abell and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the use of Mathematica for applications ranging from descriptive statistics, through multiple regression and nonparametric methods; uses virtually all of Mathematica's built-in statistical commands, as well as those contained in various Mathematica packages; Additionally, the authors have written numerous procedures to extend Mathematica's capabilities, which are also included on the CD-ROM

Statistics for People who (think They) Hate Statistics

Author : Neil J. Salkind
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412971020
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis Statistics for People who (think They) Hate Statistics by : Neil J. Salkind

Download or read book Statistics for People who (think They) Hate Statistics written by Neil J. Salkind and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling text Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics is the basis for this completely adapted Excel version. Author Neil J. Salkind presents an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. Researchers and students who find themselves uncomfortable with the analysis portion of their work will appreciate this book’s unhurried pace and thorough, friendly presentation. Salkind begins the Excel version with a complete introduction to the software, and shows the students how to install the Excel Analysis ToolPak option (free) to earn access to a host of new and very useful analytical techniques. He then walks students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlations and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. Pedagogical features include sidebars offering additional technical information about the topic and set-off points that reinforce major themes. Finally, questions to chapter exercises, a complete glossary, and extensive Excel functionality are located at the back of the book.

Introducing Statistics

Author : Graham Upton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199148011
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Introducing Statistics written by Graham Upton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-18 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing Statistics has been revised to meet the requirements of all the new A Level specifications. It covers in one volume all the statistics required by students taking single-subject Advanced Level Mathematics and also provides the basis for a first course in statistics in higher education. This is a highly accessible resource, supported by clear illustrations, nearly 200 worked examples, and packed with examination style questions. Suggestions for practical work and for calculator and computer exercises are included.

Statistics Explained

Author : Perry R. Hinton
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415102865
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Statistics Explained written by Perry R. Hinton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text outlines the major statistical tests used by undergraduates in the social sciences. It provides easy-to-understand explanations of how and why they are used and aims to make statistics much less mysterious.

Exercising Essential Statistics

Author : Evan Berman
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1506348947
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Exercising Essential Statistics written by Evan Berman and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the use of critical thinking questions and data-based exercises, Evan Berman and Xiaohu Wang’s Exercising Essential Statistics helps students apply the techniques described in Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts, Fourth Edition. This accompanying workbook gives students the opportunity to practice these techniques through hands-on, carefully crafted exercises. Various examples are provided from human resource management, organizational behavior, budgeting, and public policy to illustrate how public administrators interact with and analyze data. The workbook's CD includes seven data sets that cover a range of measures and applications (available in SPSS, SAS, SYSTAT, Stata, and Excel).

Statistics for Mining Engineering

Author : Jacek M. Czaplicki
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1138001139
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Statistics for Mining Engineering written by Jacek M. Czaplicki and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many areas of mining engineering gather and use statistical information, provided by observing the actual operation of equipment, their systems, the development of mining works, surface subsidence that accompanies underground mining, displacement of rocks surrounding surface pits and underground drives and longwalls, amongst others. In addition, the actual modern machines used in surface mining are equipped with diagnostic systems that automatically trace all important machine parameters and send this information to the main producer’s computer. Such data not only provide information on the technical properties of the machine but they also have a statistical character. Furthermore, all information gathered during stand and lab investigations where parts, assemblies and whole devices are tested in order to prove their usefulness, have a stochastic character. All of these materials need to be developed statistically and, more importantly, based on these results mining engineers must make decisions whether to undertake actions, connected with the further operation of the machines, the further development of the works, etc. For these reasons, knowledge of modern statistics is necessary for mining engineers; not only as to how statistical analysis of data should be conducted and statistical synthesis should be done, but also as to understanding the results obtained and how to use them to make appropriate decisions in relation to the mining operation. This book on statistical analysis and synthesis starts with a short repetition of probability theory and also includes a special section on statistical prediction. The text is illustrated with many examples taken from mining practice; moreover the tables required to conduct statistical inference are included.

The Humongous Book of Statistics Problems

Author : Robert Donnelly
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101151390
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Humongous Book of Statistics Problems written by Robert Donnelly and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to solve statistics problems—and make them no problem! Most math and science study guides are dry and difficult, but this is the exception. Following the successful The Humongous Books in calculus and algebra, bestselling author Mike Kelley takes a typical statistics workbook, full of solved problems, and writes notes in the margins, adding missing steps and simplifying concepts and solutions. By learning how to interpret and solve problems as they are presented in statistics courses, students prepare to solve those difficult problems that were never discussed in class but are always on exams. There are also annotated notes throughout the book to clarify each problem—all guided by an author with a great track record for helping students and math enthusiasts. His website (calculus-help.com) reaches thousands of students every month.

Stochastic Modeling and Mathematical Statistics

Author : Francisco J. Samaniego
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466560479
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Stochastic Modeling and Mathematical Statistics written by Francisco J. Samaniego and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a Solid Foundation for Statistical Modeling and Inference and Demonstrates Its Breadth of Applicability Stochastic Modeling and Mathematical Statistics: A Text for Statisticians and Quantitative Scientists addresses core issues in post-calculus probability and statistics in a way that is useful for statistics and mathematics majors as well