Author

Bowers, David

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

Hoboken, NJ

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

2020

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Biometry

Statistics as Topic

Abstract

Contents:

PART I SOME FUNDAMENTAL STUFF -- 1. FIRST THINGS FIRST ? THE NATURE OF DATA -- PART II DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS -- 2.DESCRIBING DATA WITH TABLES -- 3. EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY ? DESCRIBING DATA WITH CHARTS -- 4.DESCRIBING DATA FROM ITS SHAPE -- 5.MEASURES OF LOCATION ? NUMBERS R US -- 6. MEASURES OF SPREAD ? NUMBERS R US ? (AGAIN)

-- 7.INCIDENCE, PREVALENCE, AND STANDARDISATION -- PART III THE CONFOUNDING PROBLEM -- 8. CONFOUNDING ? LIKE THE POOR, (NEARLY) ALWAYS WITH US -- PART IV DESIGN AND DATA -- 9. RESEARCH DESIGN ? PART I: OBSERVATIONAL STUDY DESIGNS -- 10. RESEARCH DESIGN ? PART II: GETTING STUCK IN ? EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES - 11. GETTING THE PARTICIPANTS FOR YOUR STUDY: WAYS OF SAMPLING -- PART V CHANCE WOULD BE A FINE THING -- 12. THE IDEA OF PROBABILITY -- 13. RISK AND ODDS -- PART VI THE INFORMED GUESS ? AN INTRODUCTION TO CONFIDENCE INTERVALS -- CHAPTER 14: ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF A SINGLE POPULATION PARAMETER ? THE IDEA OF CONFIDENCE INTERVALS -- 15. USING CONFIDENCE INTERVALS TO COMPARE TWO POPULATION PARAMETERS -- 16. CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR THE RATIO OF TWO POPULATION PARAMETERS -- PART VII PUTTING IT TO THE TEST -- 17.TESTING HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO POPULATION PARAMETERS -- 18. THE CHI-SQUARED (Χ 2 ) TEST ? WHAT, WHY, AND HOW? -- 19. TESTING HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE RATIO OF TWO POPULATION PARAMETERS -- PART VIII BECOMING ACQUAINTED -- 20.: MEASURING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES -- 21. MEASURING AGREEMENT -- PART IX GETTING INTO A RELATIONSHIP -- 22. STRAIGHT LINE MODELS: LINEAR REGRESSION -- 23. CURVY MODELS: LOGISTIC REGRESSION -- 24. COUNTING MODELS: POISSON REGRESSION -- PART X FOUR MORE CHAPTERS -- 25. MEASURING SURVIVAL -- 26. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS -- 27. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING -- 28. MISSING DATA - APPENDIX: TABLE OF RANDOM NUMBERS

ISBN

1119523885

9781119523888

9781119523925

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Nicol, Adelheid A. M

Pexman, Penny M

Edition

6th ed.

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

vii, 191 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects

Medical Illustration

Computer Graphics

Research - education

Writing

Statistics as Topic

Handbooks

ISBN

9781433807077

1433807076

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WZ345 N634d 2010

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Author

Nicol, Adelheid A. M

Pexman, Penny M

Edition

6th ed.

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

viii, 171 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects

Statistics as Topic

Charts

Writing

Tables

Abstract

Introduction

Frequency and demographic data

Means

Chi-square

t Test of means

Post hoc and a priori test of means

Correlation

Canonical correlation

Analysis of variance

Multivariate analysis of variance

Analysis of covariance

Multivariate analysis of covariance

Cluster Analysis

Log-linear analysis

Discriminant function analysis

Factor analysis

Multiple regression

Logistic regression

Confimatory factor analysis

Structural equation modeling

Meta-analysis

Word tables

ISBN

9781433807053

143380705X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

HA29 N634p 2010

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