The Nature of Statistics - Softcover

Wallis, Wilson Allen.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0029337305 ISBN 13: 9780029337301

Publisher: The Free Press, 1962

Synopsis

Focusing on everyday applications as well as those of scientific research, this classic of modern statistical methods requires little to no mathematical background. Readers develop basic skills for evaluating and using statistical data. Lively, relevant examples include applications to business, government, social and physical sciences, genetics, medicine, and public health. "Fascinating." ― The New York Times. 1962 edition.

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About the Author:

Economist and statistician W. Allen Wallis (1912–98) was Dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and President and Chancellor of the University of Rochester. An advisor to four U.S. presidents, he also served as President of the American Statistical Association and as Chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Statistician and educator Harry V. Roberts (1923–2004) was Sigmund E. Edelstone Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Quality Management at the University of Chicago Graduate School, where he was associated for more than 40 years. A pioneer in the application of Bayesian statistics to business decision making, he was involved in the development of computer methods for statistical analysis.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Free Press
• Publication date: 1962
• ISBN 10: 0029337305
• ISBN 13: 9780029337301
• Binding: Paperback