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010 _a 2004023626
020 _a0765612399 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a812032904X
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100 1 _aMacfie, Brian P.,
_d1955-
245 1 0 _aApplied statistics for public policy /
_cBrian P. Macfie and Philip M. Nufrio.
260 _aArmonk, N.Y. :
_bM.E. Sharpe,
_cc2006.
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bPrintice-Hall,
_c2006.
300 _axv, 536 p. :
_bill. ;
_c26 cm.
365 _aIRS
_b395.00
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references 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 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004023626.html
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