Coolidge, Frederick L. 1948-

Statistics : a gentle introduction / Frederick L. Coolidge. - 2nd ed. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2006. - xvii, 397 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-392) and index.

A gentle introduction -- Descriptive statistics: understanding distributions of numbers -- Statistical parameters -- Standard scores, the z distribution, and hypothesis testing -- Inferential statistics: the controlled experiment -- An introduction to correlation and regression -- The t test for independent groups -- The t test for dependent groups -- Analysis of variance: one-factor -- After a significant analysis of variance: multiple comparison tests -- Analysis of variance -- Analysis of variance: two-factor -- Post hoc analysis of factorial ANOVA -- Factorial analysis of variance: additional designs -- Nonparametric statistics: the Chi-Square test -- Other statistical parameters and tests.

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Mathematical statistics.

QA276.12 / .C67 2006

519.5 / COS 2006