A Whistle-Stop Tour of Statistics

ISBN-13: 9781439877487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 212 str.

Brian Everitt

Opis

A Whistle-Stop Tour of Statistics introduces basic probability and statistics through bite-size coverage of key topics. A review aid and study guide for undergraduate students, it presents descriptions of key concepts from probability and statistics in self-contained sections. Features

• Presents an accessible reference to the key concepts in probability and statistics
• Introduces each concept through bite-size descriptions and presents interesting real-world examples
• Includes lots of diagrams and graphs to clarify and illustrate topics
• Provides a concise summary of ten major areas of statistics including survival analysis and the analysis of longitudinal data

Written by Brian S, Everitt, the author of over 60 statistical texts, the book shows how statistics can be applied in the real world, with interesting examples and plenty of diagrams and graphs to illustrate concepts.

Spis treści

Some Basics and Describing Data. Probability. Estimation. Inference. Analysis of Variance Models. Linear Regression Models. Logistic Regression and the Generalized Linear Model. Survival Analysis. Longitudinal Data and Their Analysis. Multivariate Data and Their Analysis.

O autorze

Brian Everitt is Retired from King's College London, UK.