An edition of Applied statistics for public policy
(2005)
Applied statistics for public policy
by Brian P. Macfie
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Table of Contents
Unit 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 population 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 simple correlation
Measuring relationships between two variables with simple regression analysis
Measuring multivariate relationships with multiple regression analysis
Planning statistical research.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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