Anderson, Theodore Wilbur

Introductory statistical analysis / Theodore Wilbur Anderson - Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin Company, c1974 - xvi, 499 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Chapter 1. The Nature of Statistics -- Chapter 2. Organization of Data -- Chapter 3. Measures of Location -- Chapter 4. Measures of variability -- Chapter 5. Organization of Multivariate Data -- Chapter 6. Basic Ideas of Probability -- Chapter 7. Sampling Distribution -- Chapter 8. Using a Sample to Estimate Population Characteristics -- Chapter 9. Answering Question About Population Characteristics -- Chapter 10. Differences Between Two Populations.

This book is designed as a text for a first course in statistical concepts and methods. The general approach makes the book appropriate for students in many disciplines. The basic ideas of the analysis of data and statistical inference are introduced; various methods are explained in sufficient detail so that the student can apply them.

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STATISTICS

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