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Weaver, Jefferson Hane,

Conquering statistics : numbers without the crunch / Jefferson Hane Weaver. - vii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.

Statistics and serendipity in a London haberdashery -- Of populations and samples -- Obvious and subtle statistics -- Lotteries and other improbable probabilities -- From laboratory experiments to casino glory -- Standard normal distributions -- Sampling the samples -- Test it yourself -- From test groups to test significance -- Correlation and regression -- Epilogue: conquering statistics? -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN: 0306455722 9780306455728

LCCN: 96039660

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statistics.

LC Class. No.: QA276.12. / W374 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 519.5