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020			_a0865160562
050			_aQA 276.12.M37
100			_aMattson, Dale E.
245			_aStatistics: difficult concept, understandable explanation. / _cDale E Mattson
260			_aChicago: _bOak Park, _c1986,
300			_axiii, 482 p.: _bill.; _c20cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aContents: 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.
650			_aStatistics.
650			_aMedical statistics.
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