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Good, Phillip I.

Common errors in statistics (and how to avoid them) / Phillip I. Good and James W. Hardin. - Fourth edition. - Hoboken : Wiley, 2012. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Common Errors in Statistics (and How to Avoid Them); Contents; Preface; Part I: FOUNDATIONS; Chapter 1: Sources of Error; PRESCRIPTION; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; SURVEYS AND LONG-TERM STUDIES; AD-HOC, POST-HOC HYPOTHESES; TO LEARN MORE; Chapter 2: Hypotheses: The Why of Your Research; PRESCRIPTION; WHAT IS A HYPOTHESIS?; HOW PRECISE MUST A HYPOTHESIS BE?; FOUND DATA; NULL OR NIL HYPOTHESIS; NEYMAN-PEARSON THEORY; DEDUCTION AND INDUCTION; LOSSES; DECISIONS; TO LEARN MORE; Chapter 3: Collecting Data; PREPARATION; RESPONSE VARIABLES; DETERMINING SAMPLE SIZE; FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS.

"The Fourth Edition of this tried-and-true book elaborates on many key topics such as epidemiological studies, distribution of data; baseline data incorporation; case control studies; simulations; statistical theory publication; biplots; instrumental variables; ecological regression; result reporting, survival analysis; etc. Including new modifications and figures, the book also covers such topics as research plan creation; data collection; hypothesis formulation and testing; coefficient estimates; sample size specifications; assumption checking; p-values interpretations and confidence intervals; counts and correlated data; model building and testing; Bayes' Theorem; bootstrap and permutation tests; and more"--

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Statistics.
Statistics.
MATHEMATICS--Probability & Statistics--General.
MATHEMATICS--Probability & Statistics--General.
Statistics.
Statistics.


Electronic books.
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