712 Pages
by
Chapman & Hall
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The get-it-over-with-quickly approach to statistics has been encouraged - and often necessitated - by the short time allotted to it in most curriculums. If included at all, statistics is presented briefly, as a task to be endured mainly because pertinent questions may appear in subsequent examinations for licensure or other certifications. However,
Introduction. Formation and Expression of Data. EVALUATING A SINGLE GROUP OF DATA. Central Index of a Group. Indexes of Inner Location. Inner Zones and Spreads. Probabilities and Standardized Indexes. Stability and Confidence Intervals: Means and Medians. Stability and Confidence Intervals: Binary Proportions. Communication and Display of Univariate Data. COMPARING TWO GROUPS OF DATA. Quantitative Contrasts: The Magnitude of Distinctions. Testing Stochastic Hypotheses. Permutation Procedures: Fisher Exact and Pitman-Welch Tests. Parametric Contrasts: Z and t Tests. Chi-Square Test and Evaluation of Two Proportions. Non-Parametric Rank Tests. Displays and Interpretations for Two-Group Contrasts . Special Arrangements for Rates and Proportions. EVALUATING ASSOCIATIONS. Principles of Associations. Evaluating Trends. Evaluating Concordances. Conformity and Marker Tests. Survival and Longitudinal Analyses. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES. Alternative Hypotheses and Statistical 'Power'. Testing for 'Equivalence'. Multiple Stochastic Testing. Stratifications, Matchings, and Other "Adjustments." Indexes of Categorical Association. Non-Targeted Analyses. Analysis of Variance. REFERENCES. INDEX. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES.
Biography
Alvan R. Feinstein
