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The art of statistics : learning from data / David Spiegelhalter.
By: Spiegelhalter, D. J [author.]
.Publisher: [London] : Pelican, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019Description: xvi, 426 pages : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241398630.Other title: Learning from data.Subject(s): StatisticsDDC classification: 519.5
Contents:
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.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 519.5 SPI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 017132 |
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.