Statistics for Non-Statisticians
By: by Birger Madsen
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9783642176555; 9783642176562
Subjects: Mathematical statistics; Statistics; Economics
Description: 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. The topics were determined by what is most useful for practical statistical work: even experienced statisticians will find new topics or new approaches to traditional topics. The presentation is as non-mathematical as possible. Mathematical formulae are presented only if they are necessary for calculations and/or add to readers’ understanding. A sample survey is developed as a realistic example throughout the book, and many further examples are presented, which also use data spreadsheets from a supplementary website.