Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown (Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole Statistics/Probability Series)

Tanur, Judith M., Mosteller, Frederick, Kruskal, William H., Lehmann, Erich L., Link, Richard F.

ISBN 10: 0534094929 / ISBN 13: 9780534094928

Published by Duxbury Press, 1988

Good condition. 3rd edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # G06E-01937

Synopsis:

This book should be of interest to degree and diploma students taking courses in statistics or statistical methods.

Review: 1. PUBLIC POLICY. Statistics in the Courtroom: United States vs. Kristen Gilbert. The Anatomy of a Pre-Election Poll. Counting and Apportionment: Foundations of America's Democracy. Evaluating School Choice Programs. Designing National Health Care Surveys. 2. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Monitoring Tiger Prey Abundance. Predicting the Africanized Bee Invasion of the United States. Statistics and the War on Spam. Should You Measure Your Home's Radon Concentration? Statistical Weather Forecasting. Space Debris: Yet Another Environmental Problem. 3. BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. Modeling an Outbreak of Anthrax. The Last Front?Understanding the Human Mind. Leveraging Chance in HIV Research. Statistical Genetics: Associating Genotypic Differences with Measurable Outcomes. DNA Fingerprinting. How Many Genes? 4. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. To Catch a Thief?Detecting Cell Phone Fraud. Reducing Junk Mail Using Data Mining Techniques. Improving the Accuracy of a Newspaper ?A Six Sigma Case Study. Assuring Product Reliability and Safety. Randomness in the Stock Market. Advertising as an Engineering Science. 5. HOBBIES AND RECREATION. Baseball Decision Making by the Numbers. Predicting the Quality and Price of Bordeaux Wines.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown (...
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Edition: 3rd Edition