What Is a P-Value Anyway? 34 Stories to Help You Actually Understand Statistics

by Vickers, Andrew
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ISBN: 9780321629302
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What is a p-value Anyway? offers a fun introduction to the fundamental principles of statistics, presenting the essential concepts in thirty-four brief, enjoyable stories. Drawing on his experience as a medical researcher, Vickers blends insightful explanations and humor, with minimal math, to help readers understand and interpret the statistics they read every day.

Describing data; Data distributions; Variation of study results: confidence intervals; Hypothesis testing; Regression and decision making; Some common statistical errors, and what they teach us

For all readers interested in statistics.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Vickers, Andrew
  • ISBN: 9780321629302
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.40
  • Number Of Pages: 212
  • Publication Year: 2009

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