The Science of Answering Questions: A Statistical Approach

Studyvin, Jared

ISBN 10: 1793582505 / ISBN 13: 9781793582508

Published by Cognella Academic Publishing, 2023

In. Seller Inventory # ria9781793582508_new

Synopsis:

The Science of Answering Questions: A Statistical Approach introduces students to the process of determining an answer to a question or problem through the collection of information, the use of statistical tools on the information, and reaching a conclusion based on the results.

Opening chapters explore the evidence needed to answer the question of interest. Students learn about variables, levels of measurement, populations, samples, and sampling, as well as commonly used and freely available statistical software that can be used in statistical analyses. Additional chapters introduce ways to display and describe information collected from the sample, including summaries, summary tables, and graphs. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics are covered. Readers explore descriptors, predictors, point estimation, deviation and variance, probability distributions, and interval estimation. Chapters in the latter half of the text focus on answering different questions of interest or the same question with different types of collected information. These chapters cover hypothesis testing, one sample proportion, multinomial, pre-post, homogeneity, correlation, independence, and more. Appendices provide students with helpful references related to critical values and standard normal probabilities.

Providing students with a complete yet accessible introduction, The Science of Answering Questions is an excellent introductory resource for a course in statistics.

About the Author: Jared Studyvin holds a Ph.D. in statistics and is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Wyoming.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Science of Answering Questions: A ...
Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New