This book was written for those who need to know how to collect, analyze and present data. It is meant to be a first course for practitioners, a book for private study or brush-up on statistics, and supplementary reading for general statistics classes. The book is untraditional, both with respect to the choiceof topics and the presentation. The topics were determined by what is most useful for practical statistical work: even experienced statisticians will find new topics or new approaches to traditional topics. The presentation is as non-mathematical as possible. Mathematical formulae are presented only if they are necessary for calculations and/or add to readers’ understanding. A sample survey is developed as a realistic example throughout the book, and many furtherexamples are presented, which also use data spreadsheets from a supplementarywebsite. Book for practitioners. Presentation is as non-mathematical as possible. Contains many examples using statistical functions in spreadsheets. A realisticsample survey Fitness Club has been used as example throughout the book. Fills a gap in the existing literature about statistics. INDICE: Preface. 1 Data Collection. 2 Presentation of Data. 3 Description of Data. 4 The Normal Distribution. 5 Analysis of Qualitative Data. 6 Error Sources and Planning. 7 Assessment of Relationship. 8 Comparing Two Groups. 9 Appendices. Index.
- ISBN: 978-3-642-17655-5
- Editorial: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 160
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés