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Statistics : a very short introduction / David J. Hand.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 196Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 124 p. ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199233564 (pbk.)
  • 019923356X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 519.5 DAV 23 008985
LOC classification:
  • QA276 .H3183 2008
Summary: Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light and enable understanding. And it sheds this light on all aspects of our lives, enabling astronomers to explore the origins of the universe, archaeologists to investigate ancient civilisations, governments to understand how to benefit and improve society, and businesses to learn how best to provide goods and services. Aimed at readers with no prior mathematical knowledge, this Very Short Introduction explores and explains how statistics work, and how we can decipher them.
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 519.5 DAV 008985 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 008985

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-116) and index.

Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light and enable understanding. And it sheds this light on all aspects of our lives, enabling astronomers to explore the origins of the universe, archaeologists to investigate ancient civilisations, governments to understand how to benefit and improve society, and businesses to learn how best to provide goods and services. Aimed at readers with no prior mathematical knowledge, this Very Short Introduction explores and explains how statistics work, and how we can decipher them.

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