Jarman The Art of Data Analysis

How to Answer Almost Any Question Using Basic Statistics
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-41333-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

A friendly and accessible approach to applying statistics inthe real world
With an emphasis on critical thinking, The Art of DataAnalysis: How to Answer Almost Any Question Using BasicStatistics presents fun and unique examples, guides readersthrough the entire data collection and analysis process, andintroduces basic statistical concepts along the way.
Leaving proofs and complicated mathematics behind, the authorportrays the more engaging side of statistics and emphasizes itsrole as a problem-solving tool. In addition, light-heartedcase studies illustrate the application of statistics to real dataanalyses, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of commonlyused techniques. Written for the growing academic and industrialpopulation that uses statistics in everyday life, The Art ofData Analysis: How to Answer Almost Any Question Using BasicStatistics highlights important issues that often arise whencollecting and sifting through data. Featured concepts include:
* Descriptive statistics
* Analysis of variance
* Probability and sample distributions
* Confidence intervals
* Hypothesis tests
* Regression
* Statistical correlation
* Data collection
* Statistical analysis with graphs
Fun and inviting from beginning to end, The Art of DataAnalysis is an ideal book for students as well as managers andresearchers in industry, medicine, or government who facestatistical questions and are in need of an intuitive understandingof basic statistical reasoning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarman, Kristin H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
PART 1 The Basics
1. Statistics: The Life of the Party 3
2. Lions, and Tigers, and . . . Bigfoot? Oh, My: HowQuestionable Data Can Screw Up an Otherwise Perfectly GoodStatistical Analysis 7
3. Asteroid Belts and Spandex Cars: Using Descriptive Statisticsto Answer Your Most Weighty Questions 23
4. Baseball, Game Shows, and Sidekicks: Who Cares aboutProbability Anyway? 43
5. What It's Like to Be Normal: Probability Distributionsand One Rule That Could Make You Wildly Popular 63
PART 2 What a Few Estimates and a Little Probability Can Dofor You
6. Men Are Insensitive and Women Are Illogical. Really:Asserting Your Stereotypes with Confidence 89
7. Godzilla versus King Kong: How Hypothesis Tests Can Be Usedto Settle the Battle of the Movie Monsters 109
8. Lab Rats and Roommates: Analysis of Variance and How toChannel Your Inner Mad Scientist 129
9. When the Zombie Flu Went Viral: Regressing the Myth Out ofUrban Myths 143
Appendix A: Critical Values for the Standard Normal Distribution161
Appendix B: Critical Values for the T-Distribution 163
Appendix C: Critical Values for the Chi-Squared Distribution165
Glossary 167
References 173
Index 175

Über Autor(innen)

KRISTIN H. JARMAN, PhD, is Senior Research Scientist atthe Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington,where she applies basic and not-so-basic statistical analyses toher own set of research challenges.