EAN: 9783642235016

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN STATISTICS A CONCISE GUIDE ...

The text gives a concise introduction into fundamental concepts in statistics. Chapter 1: Short
exposition of probability theory  using generic examples. Chapter 2: Estimation in theory and
practice  using biologically motivated examples. Maximum-likelihood estimation in covered 
including Fisher information and power computations. Methods for calculating confidence
intervals and robust alternatives to standard estimators are given. Chapter 3: Hypothesis
testing with emphasis on concepts  particularly type-I   type-II errors  and interpreting test
results. Several examples are provided. T-tests are used throughout  followed important other
tests and robust nonparametric alternatives. Multiple testing is discussed in more depth  and
combination of independent tests is explained. Chapter 4: Linear regression  with computations
solely based on R. Multiple group comparisons with ANOVA are covered together with linear
contrasts  again using R for computations.

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