TY  - BOOK
AU  - Good, Phillip I.
AU  - Hardin, James W.
TI  - Common errors in statistics (and how to avoid them)
SN  - 9781118360
AV  - QA276 
U1  - 519.5 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Hoboken
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Statistics
KW  - MATHEMATICS
KW  - Probability & Statistics
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - local
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Common Errors in Statistics (and How to Avoid Them); Contents; Preface; Part I: FOUNDATIONS; Chapter 1: Sources of Error; PRESCRIPTION; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; SURVEYS AND LONG-TERM STUDIES; AD-HOC, POST-HOC HYPOTHESES; TO LEARN MORE; Chapter 2: Hypotheses: The Why of Your Research; PRESCRIPTION; WHAT IS A HYPOTHESIS?; HOW PRECISE MUST A HYPOTHESIS BE?; FOUND DATA; NULL OR NIL HYPOTHESIS; NEYMAN-PEARSON THEORY; DEDUCTION AND INDUCTION; LOSSES; DECISIONS; TO LEARN MORE; Chapter 3: Collecting Data; PREPARATION; RESPONSE VARIABLES; DETERMINING SAMPLE SIZE; FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS
N2  - "The Fourth Edition of this tried-and-true book elaborates on many key topics such as epidemiological studies, distribution of data; baseline data incorporation; case control studies; simulations; statistical theory publication; biplots; instrumental variables; ecological regression; result reporting, survival analysis; etc. Including new modifications and figures, the book also covers such topics as research plan creation; data collection; hypothesis formulation and testing; coefficient estimates; sample size specifications; assumption checking; p-values interpretations and confidence intervals; counts and correlated data; model building and testing; Bayes' Theorem; bootstrap and permutation tests; and more"--
UR  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118360125
ER  -