Statistical Methods

Donna L Mohr

ISBN 10: 0123749700 / ISBN 13: 9780123749703

Published by Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, 2010

About this Item

This broad text provides a complete overview of most standard statistical methods, including multiple regression, analysis of variance, experimental design, and sampling techniques. Assuming a background of only two years of high school algebra, this book teaches intelligent data analysis and covers the principles of good data collection.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Statistical Methods
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123749700
• ISBN 13: 9780123749703
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Statistical Methods, Third Edition, provides students with a working introduction to statistical methods offering a wide range of applications that emphasize the quantitative skills useful across many academic disciplines. This text takes a classic approach that emphasizes concepts and techniques for working out problems and intepreting results.

The book includes research projects, real-world case studies, numerous examples, and data exercises organized by level of difficulty. Students are required to be familiar with algebra. This updated edition includes new exercises applying different techniques and methods; new examples and datasets using current real-world data; new text organization to create a more natural connection between regression and the Analysis of the Variance; new material on generalized linear models; new expansion of nonparametric techniques; new student research projects; and new case studies for gathering, summarizing, and analyzing data.

• Integrates the classical conceptual approach with modern day computerized data manipulation and computer applications
• Accessibile to students who may not have a background in probability or calculus
• Offers reader-friendly exposition, without sacrificing statistical rigor
• Includes many new data sets in various applied fields such as Psychology, Education, Biostatistics, Agriculture, Economics

About the Author

Donna Mohr is a Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of North Florida, where she was a colleague of William Wilson. She is an author on 20 scholarly articles on theoretical statistics and its applications. During her decades of teaching statistics, she used both the first and second editions of Freund and Wilson’s Statistical Methods, before joining as a co-author in the third edition.