This practical text is essential for students taking statistics as a major or minor in all tertiary institutions; for researchers in social sciences, sciences, engineering and education; for professional examination candidates and the general users of statistics. The book provides a solid foundation in statistics in a simple but down-to-earth style. The language is simple and easy to comprehend. The examples are drawn from common events and everyday activities.<\/p>\n
The distinguishing feature of the book is the inclusion in every chapter, sections on technological corner and wrap-up. The technological corner provides the reader the hands-on experience to use relevant statistical packages to conduct statistical analysis while the wrap-up provides a succinct review of the key concepts and formulae used in the chapter. The \u201cSelf Test\u201d section helps one examine his\/her level of comprehension. In all, the book represents a balanced mix of theory and practice.<\/p>\n
The book covers:<\/p>\n
\uf076 data types, sources, collection, presentation and measurement problems;
\n\uf076 location, partition, variability and shape of a distribution;
\n\uf076 nature, types and measure of association among variables;
\n\uf076 time-series analysis, index numbers and rates;
\n\uf076 probability and probability distributions (some discrete and continuous);
\n\uf076 sampling distribution, parameter estimation and hypothesis testing;
\n\uf076 computation and interpretation of p-value in statistical inference;
\n\uf076 chi-square and analysis of variance.<\/p>\n
Introductory Statistics appeals to students desirous of achieving success in their examinations and practitioners concerned with evidence-based decisions. Lecturers will find this text very valuable in the teaching of courses such as Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Inference and Probability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1871,"template":"","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"product_cat":[288],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1745","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-tertiary","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanspublishers.com\/estore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanspublishers.com\/estore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanspublishers.com\/estore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanspublishers.com\/estore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanspublishers.com\/estore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanspublishers.com\/estore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanspublishers.com\/estore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}