Research Catalog

Title

Statistics in the computer age / J.M. Craddock.

Author

Craddock, J. M.

Publication

London : English Universities P., 1968.

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Details

Description

x, 214 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

Monograph on the computerisation of statistical method in compiling statistics and carrying out surveys for decision making purposes.

Series Statement

New science series

Uniform Title

New science series

Subject

• Mathematical statistics
• Probabilities
• Probability
• probability
• Mathematical statistics
• Probabilities
• Statistiek
• Computers
• computer
• decision making
• statistical method
• Estatistica
• méthode statistique
• ordinateur
• prise de décision
• computadora
• método estadístico
• toma de decisiones

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 210-211.

Contents

1. Introduction--The science of statistics--The impact of the computer -- 2. The historical background -- 3. Descriptive statistics--Units, charts, diagrams and calculations -- 4. Probability and randomness--Mathematical probability--Populations and samples--The probability generating function -- 5. Drawing statistical inferences -- 6. The binomial and Poisson distributions -- 7. The normal or Gaussian distribution--The t-distribution -- 8. Relations between two or more variables--Regression lines--The correlation coefficient -- 9. Tests of goodness of fit--The chi-squared distribution -- 10. The f-test and the analysis of variance -- 11. Statistics and the electronic computer -- 12. Uses of random numbers -- 13. The analysis of time series--The correlogram--Linear prediction formulae--Harmonic analysis--Sherman's statistic -- 14. More time series analysis--The power spectrum -- 15. The filtering of time series--Designing efficient filters.

ISBN

• 0340051264
• 9780340051269

LCCN

72386051

OCLC

• ocm00007508
• 7508
• SCSB-471351

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library