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The cartoon introduction to statistics / by Grady Klein and Alan Dabney, Ph. D.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Hill and Wang, a Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 225 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780809033591
  • 0809033593
  • 9780809033669
  • 0809033666
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 519.5 23
LOC classification:
  • QA276 .K544 2013
Other classification:
  • SK 800
Contents:
Introduction : they're everywhere ... -- Gathering statistics. Numbers ; Random raw data ; Sorting ; Detective work ; Monster mistakes ; From samples to populations -- Hunting parameters. The central limit theorem ; Probabilities ; Inference ; Confidence ; They hate us ; Hypothesis testing ; Smackdown ; Flying pigs, drooling aliens, and firecrackers -- Conclusion: thinking like a statistician -- Appendix: the math cave.
Summary: A journey into the world of big data introduces the methods used to produce numerical information with accessible coverage of such foundational concepts as sample sizes, standard deviation calculations, and the central limit theorem.
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Book Book La Retama Central Library La Retama Central Library Nonfiction 519.5 KLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33185014376727
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Introduction : they're everywhere ... -- Gathering statistics. Numbers ; Random raw data ; Sorting ; Detective work ; Monster mistakes ; From samples to populations -- Hunting parameters. The central limit theorem ; Probabilities ; Inference ; Confidence ; They hate us ; Hypothesis testing ; Smackdown ; Flying pigs, drooling aliens, and firecrackers -- Conclusion: thinking like a statistician -- Appendix: the math cave.

A journey into the world of big data introduces the methods used to produce numerical information with accessible coverage of such foundational concepts as sample sizes, standard deviation calculations, and the central limit theorem.

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