Statistics is Easy

Dennis Shasha, Manda Wilson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

100 Seiten

2009
Morgan & Claypool Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-59829-777-5 (ISBN)

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Statistics is the activity of inferring results about a population given a sample. Historically, statistics books assume an underlying distribution to the data (typically, the normal distribution) and derive results under that assumption. Unfortunately, in real life, one cannot normally be sure of the underlying distribution. For that reason, this book presents a distribution-independent approach to statistics based on a simple computational counting idea called resampling. This book explains the basic concepts of resampling, then systematically presents the standard statistical measures along with programs (in the language Python) to calculate them using resampling, and finally illustrates the use of the measures and programs in a case study. The text uses junior high school algebra and many examples to explain the concepts. The ideal reader has mastered at least elementary mathematics, likes to think procedurally, and is comfortable with computers. Table of Contents: The Basic Idea / Bias Corrected Confidence Intervals / Pragmatic Considerations When Using Resampling / Terminology / The Essential Stats / Case Study: New Mexico's 2004 Presidential Ballots / References

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.2009
Reihe/Serie	Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics and Statistics
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Steven G. Krantz
Verlagsort	San Rafael
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 235 mm
Gewicht	168 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
ISBN-10	1-59829-777-5 / 1598297775
ISBN-13	978-1-59829-777-5 / 9781598297775
Zustand	Neuware