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Taylor & Francis Ltd Essential Statistics Fourth Edition 2000 Edition by D.G. Rees
An introductory text for students taking a first course in statistics-in fields as diverse as engineering, business, chemistry, and biology-Essential Statistics: Fourth Edition thoroughly updates and enhances the hugely successful third edition. It presents new information on modern statistical techniques such as Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and software such as MINITAB (TM) for WINDOWS.An experienced former lecturer, the author communicates to students in his trademark easy-to-follow style. Keeping complex mathematical theory to a minimum, Rees presents a wealth of fully explained worked examples throughout the text. In addition, the end-of-chapter Worksheets relate to a variety of fields-enabling students to see the relevance of the numerous methods to their study areas. Essential Statistics: Fourth Edition emphasizes the principles and assumptions underlying the statistical methods, thus providing the tools needed for students to use and interpret statistical data effectively. PrefaceWhat is Statistics?Some Statistical NotationSummarizing Data by Tables and by Graphical MethodsSummarizing Data by Numerical MeasuresProbabilityDiscrete Probability DistributionsContinuous Probability DistributionsSamples and PopulationsConfidence Interval EstimationHypothesis TestingNonparametric Hypothesis TestsAn Introduction to the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)Association of Categorical VariablesCorrelation of Quantitative VariablesRegression Analysis, an IntroductionGoodness-of-Fit TestsAppendix A Statistical FormulaeAppendix B Solutions to WorksheetsAppendix C Statistical TablesAppendix D Glossary of SymbolsAppendix E Introduction to Minitab for WindowsIndex