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A Concise Guide to Statistics

By Hans-Michael Kaltenbach (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
3642235018, 9783642235016
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-23502-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1713065 bytes)
Series
SpringerBriefs in Statistics
Edition
1
Pages
111\119
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
general; Statistics for Life SciencesHealth SciencesMedicineStatistics

Description

The text gives a concise introduction into fundamental concepts in statistics. Chapter 1: Short exposition of probability theory, using generic examples. Chapter 2: Estimation in theory and practice, using biologically motivated examples. Maximum-likelihood estimation in covered, including Fisher information and power computations. Methods for calculating confidence intervals and robust alternatives to standard estimators are given. Chapter 3: Hypothesis testing with emphasis on concepts, particularly type-I , type-II errors, and interpreting test results. Several examples are provided. T-tests are used throughout, followed important other tests and robust/nonparametric alternatives. Multiple testing is discussed in more depth, and combination of independent tests is explained. Chapter 4: Linear regression, with computations solely based on R. Multiple group comparisons with ANOVA are covered together with linear contrasts, again using R for computations.

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