02367cam a22003494a 4500 13743406 BD-DhUL 20140909124227.0 041007s2006 nyua b 001 0 eng 2004023626 0765612399 (cloth : alk. paper) 812032904X DLC DLC DLC BD-DhUL pcc HA29 .M185 2006 519.5 MAA 22 Macfie, Brian P., 1955- Applied statistics for public policy / Brian P. Macfie and Philip M. Nufrio. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2006. New Delhi : Printice-Hall, 2006. xv, 536 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. IRS 395.00 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 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. Social sciences Statistical methods. Political statistics. Nufrio, Philip M. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004023626.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK sd21 2004-10-07 sd21 2004-10-07 to subj.; aa19 2004-10-18 ps05 2005-12-29 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. 9183 9183 0 0 ddc 0 519_500000000000000_MAA 0 NFIC 16186 DUSL DUSL GEN 2008-04-01 Purchased 519.5 MAA 424165 2014-09-09 1 2014-09-09 BK