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050			_aHA 29 .B47 1985
100			_aBesag, Frank P. _eauthor
245		0	_aStatistics for the helping professions / _cFrank P. Besag and Peter P. Besag
260			_aBeverly Hills, California : _bSage Publications, Incorporation, _cc1985
300			_a375 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
505			_aSection I. Philosophy, History, and Science -- 1. Reality, Truth, and Science -- 2. Social History of Statistics -- Section I. Definitions and Dialectics -- 3. Statistics, Research, Validity, and Reliability -- 4. The Dialectic: Data Types, Normality, and Symmetry Summary of Section II -- Section III. Descriptive Methods -- 5. Describing the Data: Percentages and Location -- 6. Dispersion Around the Mean -- 7. Dispersion Around the Median -- Summary of Section III -- Section IV. Probables, Improbables, Common and Rare -- 8. Probability and Probability Theory -- 9. Elementary Probability -- 10. Random Variables -- 11. Sampling Distributions -- Summary of Section IV -- Section V. Parameter Estimation and Tests of Hypotheses -- 12. Estimation Theory -- 13. Hypothesis Testing -- 14. Inferences About the Two Means -- Section VI: Statistical Procedures and Statistical Significance -- 15. Regression and Correlation -- 16. Chi Square and Its Related Procedures -- 17: Stable Procedures -- 18. Analysis of Variance and Covariance.
520			_aStatistics for the helping professions are different than for other fields. Not that the calculations are different or that even different procedures are used. Rather, the questions asked are different. Helping professionals deal in concrete situations that directly affect the lives of people, and not just any people, but people with whom we have to work on a daily basis.
650			_aSOCIAL SCIENCES
700			_aBesag, Peter L. _eco-author
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