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What is a p-value anyway? 34 Stories to Help You Actually Understand Statistics
Andrew J. Vickers
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 230 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
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. KEY TOPICS: 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 MARKET: For all readers interested in statistics.
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. KEY TOPICS: 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 MARKET: For all readers interested in statistics.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Addison Wesley
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780321629302
SKU
V9780321629302
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About Andrew J. Vickers
Andrew Vickers, PhD, is an Associate Attending Research Methodologist in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is active in a variety of fields of cancer research, and also conducts original research in statistical methods, particularly with respect to the evaluation of prediction models. Dr. Vickers has been course leader for the ... Read more
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