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Use and abuse of statistics / W. J. Reichmann.

By: Reichmann, W. J. (William John).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Pelican book.Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin Books Ltd., 1981Description: 345 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0140207074.Subject(s): StatisticsDDC classification: 519
Contents:
The age of statistics -- Scope -- Seeing things -- Reality -- The overworked average -- The persuasive percentage -- A sense of proportion -- What's in a name? -- General and approximate -- Cause and effect -- Artful advertising -- Is there an index? -- Time series and arithmancy -- Probability -- Normal and other distributions -- Sampling -- Populations and samples -- Popping the question -- A matter of opinion -- Under control -- Linear programming and games -- Coefficient of correlation -- The standard deviation -- Least squares method -- Geometric indices and the time reversal test -- Factorial designs -- Latin squares -- The standard error of the difference -- Analysis of variance -- Chi-square (x²) test.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 519 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00179382
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

The age of statistics -- Scope -- Seeing things -- Reality -- The overworked average -- The persuasive percentage -- A sense of proportion -- What's in a name? -- General and approximate -- Cause and effect -- Artful advertising -- Is there an index? -- Time series and arithmancy -- Probability -- Normal and other distributions -- Sampling -- Populations and samples -- Popping the question -- A matter of opinion -- Under control -- Linear programming and games -- Coefficient of correlation -- The standard deviation -- Least squares method -- Geometric indices and the time reversal test -- Factorial designs -- Latin squares -- The standard error of the difference -- Analysis of variance -- Chi-square (x²) test.