Mattson, Dale E. creator text xxu Chicago Oak Park 1986 monographic eng

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xiii, 482 p.: ill.; 20cm. Contents: Descriptive statistics: Scope and content of statistics -- Presentation of data -- Summary statistics -- Rationale of inferential statistics: Probability -- Sampling and sampling distributions -- Confidence intervals -- Hypothesis testing -- Appliaction of inferential statistics: Two sample experiments -- Comparisons of population pions using chi-square -- Significance tests for variances and F distributions -- Comparison of several means -- Correlation and regression -- Analysis of covariance -- Nonparametric statistics -- Study design and interpretation of results -- Appendixes A: Public health data and analyses -- B: Answers to exercises -- C: Comprehensive example of hypothesis testing -- D: Important formulas appearing in text -- Useful tables. Dale E Mattson Includes index. Statistics Medical statistics QA 276.12.M37 0865160562 120828