Introduction to statistics and data analysis /
Roxy Peck, Tom Short, and Chris Olsen.
- Sixth edition
- xx, 852 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
The role of statistics and the data analysis process -- Collecting data sensibly -- Graphical methods for describing data -- Numerical methods for describing data -- Summarizing bivariate data -- Probability -- Random variables and probability distributions -- Sampling variability and sampling distribution -- Estimation using a single sample -- Hypothesis testing using a single sample -- Comparing two populations or treatments -- The analysis of categorical data and goodness-of-fit tests -- Simple linear regression and correlation: inferential methods -- Multiple regression analysis -- Analysis of variance -- Nonparametric (Distribution-free) statistical methods.