The art of statistics :
Spiegelhalter, D. J.,
The art of statistics : learning from data / Learning from data David Spiegelhalter. - xvi, 426 pages : illustrations (black and white)
Getting things in proportion: categorical data and percentages -- Summarizing and communicating numbers: lots of numbers -- Why are we looking at data anyway? Populations and measurement -- What causes what? -- Modelling relationships using regression -- Algorithms, analytics and prediction -- How sure can we be about what is going on? Estimates and intervals -- Probability: the language of uncertainty and variability -- Putting probability and statistics together -- Answering questions and claiming discoveries -- Learning from experince the Bayesian way -- How things go wrong -- How we can do statistics better -- In conclusion.
9780241398630
Statistics.
519.5
The art of statistics : learning from data / Learning from data David Spiegelhalter. - xvi, 426 pages : illustrations (black and white)
Getting things in proportion: categorical data and percentages -- Summarizing and communicating numbers: lots of numbers -- Why are we looking at data anyway? Populations and measurement -- What causes what? -- Modelling relationships using regression -- Algorithms, analytics and prediction -- How sure can we be about what is going on? Estimates and intervals -- Probability: the language of uncertainty and variability -- Putting probability and statistics together -- Answering questions and claiming discoveries -- Learning from experince the Bayesian way -- How things go wrong -- How we can do statistics better -- In conclusion.
9780241398630
Statistics.
519.5