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Statistics

The Conceptual Approach

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Gudmund R. Iversen

    1. Swarthmore College, USA

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  2. Mary Gergen

    1. Delaware County Campus, Pennsylvania State University, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Undergraduate Textbooks in Statistics (SUTS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Statistics: Randomness and Regularity

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 1-27

  3. Collection of Data

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 28-69

  4. Description of Data: Graphs and Tables

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 70-127

  5. Description of Data Computing Summary Statistics

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 128-175

  6. Probability

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 176-229

  7. Drawing Conclusions Estimation

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 230-263

  8. Drawing Conclusions Hypothesis Testing

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 264-311

  9. Relationships between Variables

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 312-343

  10. Chi-Square Analysis for Two Categorical Variables

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 344-395

  11. Regression and Correlation for Two Metric Variables

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 396-471

  12. Anova: Analysis of Variance for a Categorical and a Metric Variable

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 472-523

  13. Rank Methods for Two Rank Variables

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 524-557

  14. Multivariate Analysis

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 558-615

  15. Statistics in Everyday Life

    • Gudmund R. Iversen, Mary Gergen
    Pages 616-639

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 641-735
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discussed in this book. It is clear that with an understanding of the main ideas of statistics, engaged citizens can grasp what the professional number crunchers have produced and evaluate the results. This book grew out of a course designed by Gudmund R. Iversen to meet the challenges created by this greater reliance on statistical It was one of a series of courses designed at Swarthmore information. College to fulfill the mission of a liberal arts college to educate its students for the challenges of the twenty-first century. The idea was that students should not become so involved with the intricacies of a single discipline that they lose sight of the big picture. These courses were intended to educate students to understand how the major ideas of a field relate to the world. In many respects statistics seemed an ideal subject for one such course. While statistics could be a mystifying, self­ aggrandized, and esoteric discipline, it could also be a key to under­ standing many other disciplines. The course, Stat 1: Statistical Think­ ing, was created to produce this understanding. The course proved to be very popular, and each year it grew in size. Over time the lecture notes for the course became more refined and extensive, and eventu­ ally the course material served as the basis for this book. Fonnulas As most statistics instructors are keenly aware, the teaching of statistics has changed dramatically.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Swarthmore College, USA

    Gudmund R. Iversen

  • Delaware County Campus, Pennsylvania State University, USA

    Mary Gergen

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