A Dictionary of Statistics

by Upton, Graham; Cook, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780198614319
• ISBN10: 0198614314
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"This jargon-free dictionary contains over 2,000 entries on all aspects of statistics, covering terms used in computing, mathematics, operational research, and probability. Invaluable for students and professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including market research, medicine, psychology, pharmaceuticals, economics, and mathematics."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Graham Upton is Professor of Statistics and head of the Mathematical Department at the University of Essex. He is a graduate of Leicester and Birmingham Universities and lectured at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne for five years before moving to Essex. He has given lecture courses at the Universities of Dokkyo (Tokyo), Grenoble, Michigan, and ITAM (Mexico). Dr Upton is the author of over 80 papers and five books, including Understanding Statistics with Ian Cook, (Oxford, 1996), and Introducing Statistics (Oxford, 1998), also with Ian Cook.
Ian Cook is a graduate of the universities of Cambridge, London, and Hull (where he was a lecturer in mathematics). He moved to Essex as a Senior Lecturer in 1964, taking early retirement in 1985. He has been a Chief Examiner in Mathematics at A Level for 30 years, setting questions in all branches of mathematics and statistics. He acts as a referee for articles in the Mathematical Gazette and Teaching Statistics. He is co-author with Graham Upton of Understanding Statistics, and Introducing Statistics.

Table of Contents

Preface

A-Z Dictionary of Statistics

Appendices

Statistical Notation

Mathematical Notation

Greek Letters

Cumulative Probabilities for the Bionomial Distribution

Cumulative Probabilities for the Poisson Distribution

Upper-Tail Percentage Points for the Standard Normal Distribution

The Standard Normal Distribution Function

Percentage Points for the t-Distribution

Percentage Points for the F-Distribution

Percentage Points for the Chi-Squared Distribution

Critical Values for Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient

Critical Values for Kendall

Critical Values for the Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, r

Pseudo-Random Numbers

Selected Landmarks in the Development of Statistics

Further Reference

Useful websites

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