Overview
- Book for practitioners
- Presentation is as non-mathematical as possible
- Contains many examples using statistical functions in spreadsheets
- A realistic sample survey Fitness Club has been used as example throughout the book
- Fills a gap in the existing literature about statistics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
This book was written for those who need to know how to collect, analyze and present data. It is meant to be a first course for practitioners, a book for private study or brush-up on statistics, and supplementary reading for general statistics classes. The book is untraditional, both with respect to the choice of topics and the presentation: Topics were determined by what is most useful for practical statistical work, and the presentation is as non-mathematical as possible. The book contains many examples using statistical functions in spreadsheets. In this second edition, new topics have been included e.g. within the area of statistical quality control, in order to make the book even more useful for practitioners working in industry.
Reviews
“This book is clearly written for practitioners in the host of applications. This is also a good reference book for professionals. The interesting feature of this book is that it approaches explanatory rather than mathematical. The organization and structure is good and logical.” (S. Ejaz Ahmed, Technometrics, Vol. 60 (3), 2018)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
He has several years of experience as a statistician at major Danish companies within several industries as well as within national statistics.
He has also taught statistics for several years at University of Copenhagen and has held hundreds of statistics courses for various audiences throughout decades. This book is a direct result of his teaching.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Statistics for Non-Statisticians
Authors: Birger Stjernholm Madsen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49349-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-49348-9Published: 03 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-57001-2Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-49349-6Published: 28 May 2016
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXI, 185
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Statistical Theory and Methods
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Finance, Business & Banking