The Pleasures of Statistics
Frederick. Mosteller
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Dordrecht : : Springer, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (342 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - The Pleasures of Statistics; The Pleasures of Statistics; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Part I Examples of Quantitative Studies; 1 Why Did Dewey Beat Truman in the Pre-election Polls of 1948?; 2 Sexual Behavior in the United States: The Kinsey Report; 3 Learning Theory: Founding Mathematical Psychology; 4 Who Wrote the Disputed Federalist Papers, Hamilton or Madison?; 5 The Safety of Anesthetics: The National Halothane Study; 6 Equality of Educational Opportunity: The Coleman Report; Part II Early Life and Education; 7 Childhood; 8 Secondary School; 9 Carnegie Institute of Technology. - 10 Graduate Schools: Carnegie and Princeton11 Magic; 12 Beginning Research; 13 Completing the Doctorate; 14 Coming to Harvard University; 15 Organizing Statistics; Part III Continuing Activities; 16 Evaluation; 17 Teaching; 18 Group Writing; 19 The Cape; 20 Biostatistics; 21 Health Policy and Management; 22 Health Science Policy; 23 Editors' Epilogue; Name Index; 80418_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.pdf; Subject Index. - Includes chapter-length insider accounts of work on the pre-election polls of 1948, statistical aspects of the Kinsey report on sexual behavior in the human male, mathematical learning theory, authorship of the disputed Federalist papers, safety of anesthetics, and an examination of the Coleman report on equality of educational opportunity.
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| ISBN | 9780387779553
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