Categorical Data

Abstract

2nd ed. Includes index. "A desktop quick reference"--Cover An introduction to statistics covers the concepts of measurement and probability theory, correlation, inferential techniques, and statistical analysis. Basic concepts of measurement -- Probability -- Inferential statistics -- Descriptive statistics and graphic displays -- Categorical data -- The t-test -- The Person correlation coefficient -- Introduction to regression and ANOVA -- Factorial ANOVA and ANCOVA -- Multiple linear regression -- Logistic, multinomial, and polynomial regression -- Factor analysis, cluster analysis, and discriminant function analysis -- Nonparametric statistics -- Business and quality improvement statistics -- Medical and epidemiological statistics -- Educational and psychological statistics -- Data management -- Research design -- Communicating with statistics -- Critiquing statistics presented by others.