자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | Selvin, S. |
서명/저자사항 | The Joy of Statistics[electronic resource] :A Treasury of Elementary Statistical Tools and Their Applications /Steve Selvin. |
발행사항 | Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2019. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
소장본 주기 | Master record variable field(s) change: 050, 072, 082, 650 |
ISBN | 0192570382 9780192570383 |
일반주기 |
Description based upon print version of record.
40. Log-normal distribution-leukemia and pesticide exposure |
내용주기 | 4. Boxplots-construction and interpretation5. The lady who tasted tea-a bit of statistical history; A bit more about R. A. Fisher; A bit about R. A. Fisher's colleague, statistician Karl Pearson; 6. Outlier/extreme values-a difficult decision; 7. The role of summary statistics-brief description; The estimation of a summary line from paired observations; 8 Correlation and association-interpretation; A spurious correlation; Association; 9. Proportional reduction in error-a measure of association; Proportional reduction in error-how it works; 10. Quick tests-four examples; Tukey's quick test Correlation-a quick test versionSign test-another quick test; Quick test-a two sample visual comparison; 11. Confounding-African-American and white infant mortality; 12. Odds-a sometimes measure of likelihood; Odds ratio; 13. Odds ratio-a measure of risk?; The effects of race and sex on physicians' recommendations for cardiac catherization; 14. Odds ratio-two propertiesrarely mentioned; Variance of the odds ratio; 15. Percent increase-ratios?; A letter to the editor; 16. Diagnostic tests-assessing accuracy; 17. Regression to the mean-father/son data 18. Life table-a summary of mortality experience19. Coincidence-a statistical description; The birthday problem; 20. Draft lottery numbers (1970); 21. Lotto-how to get in and how to win; 22. Fatal coronary disease-risk; 23. Pictures; 24. The Monty Hall problem; Two possibilities to consider; 25. Eye-witness evidence-Collins versus state of California; 26. Probabilities and puzzles; James Fenimore Cooper-Leatherstocking Tales; 27. Jokes and quotes; 28. A true life puzzle; Headlines: right-handers outlive lefties by 9-year average; 29. Rates-definition and estimation 30. Geometry of an approximate average rate31. Simpson's paradox-two examples and a bit more; Ecological fallacy; 32. Smoothing-median values; 33. Two by two table-a missing observation; 34. Survey data-randomized response; 35. Viral incidence estimation-a shortcut; 36. Two-way table-a graphical analysis; A painless graphical analysis of a table; Mean/median polish-an analysis of association within tables; Median polish-another analysis of association in a table; 37. Data-too good to be true?; 38. A binary variable-twin pairs; Twins; 39. Mr. Rich and Mr. Poor-a give and take equilibrium |
요약 | This book consists of 42 anecdotes illustrating how statistical methods applied to data produce insight and solutions to the questions that the data were collected to answer. Real-life and sometimes artificial data are used to demonstrate the painless method and magic of statistics. Statistical jokes, puzzles and folktales are scattered throughout. |
일반주제명 | Statistics. Mathematical statistics. MATHEMATICS / Applied. MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General. |
언어 | 영어 |
기타형태 저록 | Print version:Selvin, SteveThe Joy of Statistics : A Treasury of Elementary Statistical Tools and Their ApplicationsOxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO,c20199780198833444 |
대출바로가기 | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2139679 |
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