Basic Statistics
Basics of Statistics
Jarkko Isotalo
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Std. Dev = 486.32
Mean = 3553.8
N = 120.00
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Birthweights of children during years 1965-69
Time to Accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (sec)
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Horsepower
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Preface
These lecture notes have been used at Basics of Statistics course held in University of Tampere, Finland. These notes are heavily based on the following books. Agresti, A. & Finlay, B., Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 3th Edition. Prentice Hall, 1997.
Anderson, T. W. & Sclove, S. L., Introductory Statistical Analysis. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974.
Clarke, G.M. & Cooke, D., A Basic course in Statistics. Arnold,
1998.
Electronic Statistics Textbook, http://www.statsoftinc.com/textbook/stathome.html. Freund, J.E.,Modern elementary statistics. Prentice-Hall, 2001.
Johnson, R.A. & Bhattacharyya, G.K., Statistics: Principles and
Methods, 2nd Edition. Wiley, 1992.
Leppälä, R., Ohjeita tilastollisen tutkimuksen toteuttamiseksi SPSS for Windows -ohjelmiston avulla, Tampereen yliopisto, Matematiikan, tilastotieteen ja filosofian laitos, B53, 2000.
Moore, D., The Basic Practice of Statistics. Freeman, 1997.
Moore, D. & McCabe G., Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 3th Edition. Freeman, 1998.
Newbold, P., Statistics for Business and Econometrics. Prentice
Hall, 1995.
Weiss, N.A., Introductory Statistics. Addison Wesley, 1999.
Please, do yourself a favor and go find originals!
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1
The Nature of Statistics
[Agresti & Finlay (1997), Johnson & Bhattacharyya (1992), Weiss
(1999), Anderson & Sclove (1974) and Freund (2001)]
1.1
What is statistics?
Statistics is a very broad subject, with applications in a vast number of different fields. In generally one can say that statistics is the methodology for collecting,
Jarkko Isotalo
30
20
10
Std. Dev = 486.32
Mean = 3553.8
N = 120.00
0
2400.0
2800.0
2600.0
3200.0
3000.0
3600.0
3400.0
4000.0
3800.0
4400.0
4200.0
4800.0
4600.0
5000.0
Birthweights of children during years 1965-69
Time to Accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (sec)
30
20
10
0
0
Horsepower
100
200
300
1
Preface
These lecture notes have been used at Basics of Statistics course held in University of Tampere, Finland. These notes are heavily based on the following books. Agresti, A. & Finlay, B., Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 3th Edition. Prentice Hall, 1997.
Anderson, T. W. & Sclove, S. L., Introductory Statistical Analysis. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974.
Clarke, G.M. & Cooke, D., A Basic course in Statistics. Arnold,
1998.
Electronic Statistics Textbook, http://www.statsoftinc.com/textbook/stathome.html. Freund, J.E.,Modern elementary statistics. Prentice-Hall, 2001.
Johnson, R.A. & Bhattacharyya, G.K., Statistics: Principles and
Methods, 2nd Edition. Wiley, 1992.
Leppälä, R., Ohjeita tilastollisen tutkimuksen toteuttamiseksi SPSS for Windows -ohjelmiston avulla, Tampereen yliopisto, Matematiikan, tilastotieteen ja filosofian laitos, B53, 2000.
Moore, D., The Basic Practice of Statistics. Freeman, 1997.
Moore, D. & McCabe G., Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 3th Edition. Freeman, 1998.
Newbold, P., Statistics for Business and Econometrics. Prentice
Hall, 1995.
Weiss, N.A., Introductory Statistics. Addison Wesley, 1999.
Please, do yourself a favor and go find originals!
2
1
The Nature of Statistics
[Agresti & Finlay (1997), Johnson & Bhattacharyya (1992), Weiss
(1999), Anderson & Sclove (1974) and Freund (2001)]
1.1
What is statistics?
Statistics is a very broad subject, with applications in a vast number of different fields. In generally one can say that statistics is the methodology for collecting,