Phillip I. Good

Resampling Methods and R 2e

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Produktbeschreibung

A highly accessible alternative approach to basic statistics Praise for the First Edition: "Certainly one of the most impressive little paperback 200-page introductory statistics books that I will ever see . . . it would make a good nightstand book for every statistician."--Technometrics

Written in a highly accessible style, Introduction to Statistics through Resampling Methods and R, Second Edition guides students in the understanding of descriptive statistics, estimation, hypothesis testing, and model building. The book emphasizes the discovery method, enabling readers to ascertain solutions on their own rather than simply copy answers or apply a formula by rote. The Second Edition utilizes the R programming language to simplify tedious computations, illustrate new concepts, and assist readers in completing exercises. The text facilitates quick learning through the use of:
More than 250 exercises--with selected "hints"--scattered throughout to stimulate readers' thinking and to actively engage them in applying their newfound skills
An increased focus on why a method is introduced
Multiple explanations of basic concepts
Real-life applications in a variety of disciplines
Dozens of thought-provoking, problem-solving questions in the final chapter to assist readers in applying statistics to real-life applications

Introduction to Statistics through Resampling Methods and R, Second Edition is an excellent resource for students and practitioners in the fields of agriculture, astrophysics, bacteriology, biology, botany, business, climatology, clinical trials, economics, education, epidemiology, genetics, geology, growth processes, hospital administration, law, manufacturing, marketing, medicine, mycology, physics, political science, psychology, social welfare, sports, and toxicology who want to master and learn to apply statistical methods.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118428210
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 28g
• ISBN-13: 9781118428214
• ISBN-10: 1118428218
• Artikelnr.: 36398176

Autorenporträt

PHILLIP I. GOOD, PhD, is Operations Manager of Information Research, a consulting firm specializing in statistical solutions for private and public organizations. He has published over thirty scholarly works, more than 600 articles, and forty-four books, including Common Errors in Statistics (and How to Avoid Them) and A Manager's Guide to the Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials, both published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xi 1. Variation 1 1.1 Variation 1 1.2 Collecting Data 2 1.3
Summarizing Your Data 4 1.4 Reporting Your Results 7 1.5 Types of Data 11
1.6 Displaying Multiple Variables 12 1.7 Measures of Location 15 1.8
Samples and Populations 20 1.9 Summary and Review 23 2. Probability 25 2.1
Probability 25 2.2 Binomial Trials 29 2.3 Conditional Probability 34 2.4
Independence 38 2.5 Applications to Genetics 39 2.6 Summary and Review 40
3. Two Naturally Occurring Probability Distributions 43 3.1 Distribution of
Values 43 3.2 Discrete Distributions 46 3.3 The Binomial Distribution 47
3.4 Measuring Population Dispersion and Sample Precision 51 3.5 Poisson:
Events Rare in Time and Space 53 3.6 Continuous Distributions 55 3.7
Summary and Review 57 4. Estimation and the Normal Distribution 59 4.1
Point Estimates 59 4.2 Properties of the Normal Distribution 61 4.3 Using
Confidence Intervals to Test Hypotheses 65 4.4 Properties of Independent
Observations 69 4.5 Summary and Review 70 5. Testing Hypotheses 71 5.1
Testing a Hypothesis 71 5.2 Estimating Effect Size 76 5.3 Applying the
t-Test to Measurements 79 5.4 Comparing Two Samples 81 5.5 Which Test
Should We Use? 84 5.6 Summary and Review 89 6. Designing an Experiment or
Survey 91 6.1 The Hawthorne Effect 91 6.2 Designing an Experiment or Survey
94 6.3 How Large a Sample? 104 6.4 Meta-Analysis 116 6.5 Summary and Review
116 7. Guide to Entering, Editing, Saving, and Retrieving Large Quantities
of Data Using R 119 7.1 Creating and Editing a Data File 120 7.2 Storing
and Retrieving Files from within R 120 7.3 Retrieving Data Created by Other
Programs 121 7.4 Using R to Draw a Random Sample 122 8. Analyzing Complex
Experiments 125 8.1 Changes Measured in Percentages 125 8.2 Comparing More
Than Two Samples 126 8.3 Equalizing Variability 131 8.4 Categorical Data
132 8.5 Multivariate Analysis 139 8.6 R Programming Guidelines 144 8.7
Summary and Review 148 9. Developing Models 149 9.1 Models 149 9.2
Classification and Regression Trees 152 9.3 Regression 160 9.4 Fitting a
Regression Equation 162 9.5 Problems with Regression 169 9.6 Quantile
Regression 174 9.7 Validation 176 9.8 Summary and Review 178 10. Reporting
Your Findings 181 10.1 What to Report 181 10.2 Text, Table, or Graph? 185
10.3 Summarizing Your Results 186 10.4 Reporting Analysis Results 191 10.5
Exceptions Are the Real Story 193 10.6 Summary and Review 195 11. Problem
Solving 197 11.1 The Problems 197 11.2 Solving Practical Problems 201
Answers to Selected Exercises 205 Index 207