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Essentials of statistics for scientists and technologists
- Title
- Essentials of statistics for scientists and technologists / C. Mack.
- Author
- Mack, C. (Cornelius)
- Publication
- New York : Plenum Press, 1967, ©1966.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 81123.6065 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 174 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subject
- Contents
- Introduction or 'What is statistics?' -- The presentation of data -- Probability, its meaning, real and theoretical populations -- Basic properties of the normal distribution -- Some properties of sampling distributions -- Applications of normal sampling theory; significance tests -- Normal sampling theory: test for difference between several sample means, analysis of variance, design of experiments -- Normal sampling theory: estimation of 'parameters' by confidence intervals, by maximum likelihood -- The binomial distribution: laws of probability, applications of the binomial distribution, the multinomial distribution -- The Poisson, negative exponential, and rectangular distributions -- The [chi]² test for 'goodness of fit': test for 'association' -- Fitting lines and curves to data, least squares method -- Regression curves and lines, correlation coefficient, normal bivariate distribution -- Some distribution-independent (or 'distribution-free' or 'non-parametric') tests -- Note on sampling techniques and quality control -- Some problems of practical origin.
- ISBN
- 0306303035
- 9780306303036
- 0306200147
- 9780306200144
- LCCN
- 67017769
- OCLC
- ocm00912395
- 912395
- SCSB-236716
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library