Statistical Concepts: A Basic Program

By Foster Lloyd Brown and Oscar G. Mink

Emphasizing practical applications, this text offers a programmed approach to learning fundamental statistics quickly and independently. Material is presented in short frames, each of which focuses on one concept or relationship and is followed by a question and answer that allows students to monitor personal progress. Three parallel columns are used as a guide to performing computations: the first provides formulas and pointers; the second provides examples of working and the third provides problems for students to solve. New computer quick start sections help students enter a few lines of instruction and a short data set into a computer to get a printed statistical analysis. MINITAB, SAS and SPSS are introduced. This text has also been updated to emphasize the importance of critical thinking in a statistical context and includes discussions of some common misuses of statistical methods.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0673994406
• ISBN13: 9780673994400
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

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