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.