Sampling theory and significance testing (II)—‘t’, ‘F’ and x2 tests

Murdoch, J.; Barnes, J. A.

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Sampling theory and significance testing (II)—‘t’, ‘F’ and x² tests

J. Murdoch BSc, ARTC, AMIProdE² &
J. A. Barnes BSc, ARCS²

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Unbiased estimate of population variance; degrees of freedom; small sampling theory; ‘t’ test of significance; confidence limits using ‘t’; paired comparisons; ‘F’ test of significance for two variances; x² test of significance; goodness of fit tests; contingency tables.

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Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK
J. Murdoch BSc, ARTC, AMIProdE (Head of Statistics and Operational Research Section) & J. A. Barnes BSc, ARCS (Lecturer in Statistics and Operational Research)

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Murdoch, J., Barnes, J.A. (1973). Sampling theory and significance testing (II)—‘t’, ‘F’ and x² tests. In: Statistics: Problems and Solutions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01063-9_8

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