Introduction to Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists

  • R. B. G. Williams
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Aims of Statistics
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    Pages 1-3
  3. Types of Numerical Data
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    Pages 4-8
  4. Populations and Samples
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    Pages 9-24
  5. Probability and Randomness
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    Pages 25-37
  6. Frequency Distributions
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    Pages 38-50
  7. Measures of Central Tendency
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    Pages 51-60
  8. Measures of Dispersion and Skewness
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    Pages 61-71
  9. The Binomial and Poisson Distributions
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    Pages 72-84
  10. The Normal and Log-Normal Distributions
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    Pages 85-114
  11. Hypothesis Testing: An Introduction
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    Pages 115-122
  12. One-Sample Tests Based on Z and t
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    Pages 123-145
  13. Interval Estimation Based on Z and t
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    Pages 146-150
  14. Paired-Sample Tests Based on t and W
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    Pages 151-163
  15. Two-Sample Tests Based on F, t and U
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    Pages 164-188
  16. Chi-Square Tests
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    Pages 189-217
  17. The Binomial Test and Lilliefors’ Test
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    Pages 218-225
  18. The Product-Moment Coefficient of Correlation
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    Pages 226-257
  19. The Interpretation of Correlation Coefficients
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    Pages 258-278
  20. Linear Regression
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About this book

Keywords

applied mathematics mathematics statistics

Authors and affiliations

  • R. B. G. Williams
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  1. 1.University of SussexBrightonUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06815-9
  • Copyright Information Macmillan Publishers Limited 1984
  • Publisher Name Palgrave, London
  • eBook Packages Engineering
  • Print ISBN 978-0-333-35275-5
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-06815-9
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