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Using statistics : a gentle introduction / by Rugg, Gordon

Table of Contents: “…Some introductory concepts -- Measurement theory -- Descriptive statistics -- Patterns in data and presentation of data -- 'None of the above' : the role of knowledge representation -- The sixfold paths : some observations on probability theory -- Inferential statistics : some introductory thoughts -- Non-parametric statistics -- Correlations -- Parametric statistics -- Multidimensional statistics -- Some general considerations.…”
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Statistical Mechanics. by Beale, Paul D.

Table of Contents: “…The Statistical Basis of Thermodynamics; Chapter 2. Elements of Ensemble Theory; Chapter 3. …”
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Statistics for linguistics : a step-by-step guide for novices / by Eddington, David

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- 1.1 Opening an Existing File in SPSS Software -- 1.2 The Statistics Viewer and Data Editor Windows -- 1.3 Specifying Information about the Data in the Window -- 1.4 Saving a File in SPSS -- 1.5 Sorting the Data -- 1.6 Adding, Deleting, Copying, Pasting, and Cutting Rows and Colu -- Chapter Two -- 2.1 Types of Data -- 2.1.1 Categorical data -- 2.1.2 Ordinal data -- 2.1.3 Continuous data -- 2.2 Variables -- 2.2.1 Independent and dependent variables -- 2.2.2 Control variables -- 2.2.3 Confounding variables -- 2.3 Descriptive Statistics -- 2.3.1 Central tendency: Mean -- 2.3.2 Central tendency: Median -- 2.3.3 Central tendency: Mode -- 2.3.4 Dispersion -- 2.4 Using SPSS to Calculate Descriptive Statistics -- 2.5 Visualizing the Data -- 2.5.1 Histogram -- 2.5.2 Boxplot -- 2.6 Normal Distribution -- 2.6.1 Standard deviation and variance -- 2.6.2 Skew -- 2.6.3 Q-Q plot -- 2.6.4 Kurtosis -- 2.6.5 Tests of normal distribution -- 2.7 Reporting Descriptive Statistics -- 2.8 Inferential Statistics -- 2.8.1 Null hypothesis testing -- 2.8.2 Statistical significance -- 2.8.3 Limitations of p values and null hypothesis testing -- 2.8.4 Confidence intervals -- 2.8.5 Type I and Type II errors -- 2.9 Using SPSS to Make Boxplots of Confidence Intervals -- 2.10 Hands-On Exercises for Descriptive and Inferential Statistics -- 2.10.1 Descriptive statistics of pretest anxiety levels -- 2.10.2 Variables and hypotheses -- 2.10.2.1 English comparatives -- 2.10.2.2 Morpheme recognition and semantic similarity -- 2.10.2.3 Sentence length in first language acquisition -- 2.10.2.4 Classroom intervention and communication skills -- 2.10.2.5 English syllabification -- Chapter Three -- 3.1 Using SPSS to Generate Scatter Plots -- 3.2 Pearson Correlation Coefficient.…”
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Business Statistics.

Table of Contents: “…BUSINESS STATISTICS; STATISTICS DEFINITIONS; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; PROBABILITY RULES; PROBABILITY DEFINITIONS; METHODS OF ASSIGNING PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION DEFINITIONS; TYPES OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPUTING PROBABILITIES USING EXCEL; SAMPLING ; ESTIMATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; CORRELATION & REGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA).…”
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Statistical Thermodynamics : Understanding the Properties of Macroscopic Systems. by Fai, Lukong Cornelius

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Authors; Chapter 1 -- Basic Principles of Statistical Physics; Chapter 2 -- Thermodynamic Functions; Chapter 3 -- Canonical Distribution; Chapter 4 -- Ideal Gases; Chapter 5 -- Quantum Statistics of Ideal Gases; Chapter 6 -- Electron Gas in a Magnetic Field; Chapter 7 -- Magnetic and Dielectric Materials; Chapter 8 -- Lattice Dynamics; Chapter 9 -- Condensed Bodies; Chapter 10 -- Multiphase Systems; Chapter 11 -- Macroscopic Quantum Effects: Superfluid Liquid Helium; Chapter 12 -- Nonideal Classical Gases; Chapter 13 -- Functional Integration in Statistical Physics.…”
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Statistics and causality : methods for applied empirical research /

Table of Contents: “…Can We Establish Causality with Statistical Analyses? The Example of Epidemiology / Ulrich Frick, Jurgen Rehm.…”
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Statistical mechanics : algorithms and computations / by Krauth, Werner

Subjects: “…Statistical mechanics.…”
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Statistical Mechanics. by Pathria, R. K.

Table of Contents: “…The Statistical Basis of Thermodynamics; Chapter 2. Elements of Ensemble Theory; Chapter 3. …”
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Statistics for Management. by Sharma, Anand

Table of Contents: “…Cover ; contents; decisions making and human involvement; data analysis and measure of central tendency; dispersion, skewness and kurtosis; correlation analysis; regression analysis; time series analysis and forecasting; interpolation and extrapolation; index numbers; decision analysis; theory of probability; probability distributions; sampling theory and sampling distributions; theory of estimation and testing of hypothesis; statistical quality control techniques; tables; annexure a ; index.…”
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Style & statistics : the art of retail analytics / Style and statistics by Bullard, Brittany

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Vital statistics : summary of a workshop / by Siri, Michael J., Cork, Daniel L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Uses of vital statistics data -- The federal-state cooperative relationship -- Methodological issues and the 2003 revision of standard instruments -- Options for a 21st century vital statistics program.…”
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Philosophy of Statistics.

Table of Contents: “…I Probability & Statistics -- Elementary Probability and Statistics: A Primer / Steve Cherry -- pt. …”
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Compassionate Statistics : Applied Quantitative Analysis for Social Services (with Exercises and Instructions in SPSS). by Faherty, Dr. Vincent E.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Introduction, Overview, and Nondefinitions; Chapter 2 -- Levels of Data: Nominal, Ordinal, and Scale; Chapter 3 -- Presenting Data in Tables; Chapter 4 -- Presenting Data in Figures; Chapter 5 -- The 3 Ms: Mean, Median, and Mode; Chapter 6 -- Standard Deviations, Ranges, and Quartiles; Chapter 7 -- Other Descriptive Statistics; Chapter 8 -- Probability and Statistical Significance; Chapter 9 -- Chi-Square Test of Independence; Chapter 10 -- Correlation: Scattergrams; Chapter 11 -- Correlation: Spearman's rho and Pearson's r.…”
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Basic statistics / by Thomas, Seemon

Subjects: “…Mathematical statistics.…”
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Spatial Statistics : GeoSpatial Information Modeling and Thematic Mapping. by Kalkhan, Mohammed A.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Author; Chapter 1: Geospatial Information Technology; Chapter 2: Data Sampling Methods and Applications; Chapter 3: Spatial Pattern and Correlation Statistics; Chapter 4: Geospatial Analysis and Modeling-Mapping; Chapter 5: R Statistical Package; Chapter 6: Working with Geospatial Information Data; Back Cover.…”
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Statistics with Confidence : Confidence Intervals and Statistical Guidelines. by Altman, Douglas

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Bayesian Statistics An Introduction. by Lee, Peter M.

Table of Contents: “…-- 2.8.2 Example -- 2.9 The role of sufficiency -- 2.9.1 Definition of sufficiency -- 2.9.2 Neyman's factorization theorem -- 2.9.3 Sufficiency principle -- 2.9.4 Examples -- 2.9.5 Order statistics and minimal sufficient statistics -- 2.9.6 Examples on minimal sufficiency -- 2.10 Conjugate prior distributions -- 2.10.1 Definition and difficulties…”
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Starting Statistics : a Short, Clear Guide. by Burdess, Neil

Subjects: “…Statistics.…”
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Statistics for astrophysics : time series analysis /

Subjects: “…Astrophysics Statistical methods Congresses.…”
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Introduction to statistics / by Walpole, Ronald E.

Subjects: “…Statistics. sh 85127580…”

Laboratory statistics : handbook of formulas and terms / by Kallner, Anders

Mathematics for statistics / by Bashaw, W. Louis

The art of statistics : how to learn from data / by Spiegelhalter, D. J.

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Mathematical statistics : basic ideas and selected topics / by Bickel, Peter J.

Subjects: “…Mathematical statistics. sh 85082133…”

Statistical thermodynamics / by Tien, Chang L., 1935-2002

Subjects: “…Statistical thermodynamics. sh 85127576…”

Statistical methods / by Snedecor, George W. (George Waddel), 1881-1974

Subjects: “…Statistics. sh 85127580…”

Statistical inference / by Walker, Helen M. (Helen Mary), 1891-1983

Subjects: “…Mathematical statistics. sh 85082133…”

Mathematics of statistics / by Kenney, John F. (John Francis), 1897-1974

Subjects: “…Mathematical statistics. sh 85082133…”

Mathematics of statistics / by Kenney, John F. (John Francis), 1897-1974

Subjects: “…Mathematical statistics. sh 85082133…”

Calculus and statistics / by Gemignani, Michael C.

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Probability and statistics : theory and applications / by Fraser, D. A. S. (Donald Alexander Stuart), 1925-

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Statistical physics / by Mandl, F. (Franz), 1923-

Subjects: “…Statistical physics. sh 85127573…”

Conquering statistics : numbers without the crunch / by Weaver, Jefferson Hane

Subjects: “…Statistics. sh 85127580…”

Contributions to Probability and Statistics : Applications and Challenges - Proceedings of the International Statistics Workshop. by Brown, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Mathematics and Statistics in Society: Two Classification Methods of Individuals for Educational Data and an Application (A Hayashi); Measurement of Skill and Skill Change (R Kelly & P E T Lewis); Applications of Statistics: Estimating the Numbers of SARS Cases in Mainland China in 2002-3 (J Gani); A Fair Tennis Scoring System for Doubles in the Presence of Sun and Wind Effects -- An Application of Probability (G Pollard); Theoretical Issues in Probability and Statistics: Perturbed Markov Chains (J J Hunter); Matrix Tricks for Linear Statistical Models: A Short Review of Our Personal Top Fourteen (J Isotalo et al.); On the Approximate Variance of a Nonlinear Function of Random Variables (H Neudecker & G Trenkler); Probabilistic Models in Economics and Finance: When Large Claims are Extremes (R Gay); Shrinkage Estimation of Gini Index (R Ghori et al.); Numerical Methods: An Approximate Maximum a Posteriori Method with Gaussian Process Priors (M Hegland); Mining Multiple Models (G J Williams); Abstracts Without Papers: Properties of Nearest-Neighbour Classifiers (P Hall); Bootstrapping in Clustered Populations (A H Welsh); and other papers.…”
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Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics / by Salkind, Neil J.

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Making statistics matter.

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Statistics and Parameters: Example.

“…Statistics, Chapter 3: Introduction to Sampling…”
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Statistics and Parameters: Explanation.

“…Statistics, Chapter 3: Introduction to Sampling…”
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How to Lie With Statistics

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Transportation Statistics and Microsimulation. by Spiegelman, Clifford

Subjects: “…Transportation engineering Statistical methods.…”
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