MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02050cam a22002654a 4500
001 2004023626
003 DLC
005 20060106094934.0
008 041007s2006 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2004023626
020 $a0765612399 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHA29$b.M185 2006
082 00 $a519.5$222
100 1 $aMacfie, Brian P.,$d1955-
245 10 $aApplied statistics for public policy /$cBrian P. Macfie and Philip M. Nufrio.
260 $aArmonk, N.Y. :$bM.E. Sharpe,$cc2006.
300 $axv, 536 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm. +$e1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 495) and index.
505 0 $aUnit I. Descriptive statistics -- Introduction : what is statistics all about? -- Using polystat to do statistical analysis -- Presentation of data -- Summarizing data and using descriptive statistics -- Unit II. Basic probability and probability distributions -- Basic probability : theory and applications -- Sampling and the normal distribution -- The central limit theorem -- Unit III. Hypothesis testing -- Introduction to inferential statistics -- Estimating means, proportions, and sample size with confidence -- Validating a hypothesis about a single population mean using a sample -- Validating hypotheses between two population means -- Validating hypotheses about a single population proportion -- Validating hypotheses about two population proportions -- Unit IV. Measures of association -- Comparing more than two population means with anova -- Comparing more than two population proportions using the chi-square test -- Determining relationships for two variables using correlation -- Measuring relationships with simple regression analysis -- Measuring multivariate relationships with regression analysis -- Planning statistical research.
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods.
650 0 $aPolitical statistics.
700 1 $aNufrio, Philip M.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004023626.html