Deborah J. Rumsey

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Übung macht den Statistiker Haben Sie Probleme mit Statistik und sehen weder Anfang noch Ende? Da hilft nur üben, üben, üben. Aber keine Sorge! Dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen mit vielen Beispielen und Schritt-für-Schritt-Lösungswegen, wie Sie verschiedene Aufgabenstellungen richtig angehen. Von arithmetischem Mittel über Normalverteilung bis Konfidenzintervall und Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung sind alle wichtigen Themengebiete vertreten. Dank einer kurzen Wiederholung der Grundlagen und Hunderten Übungen können Sie der Statistik schon bald furchtlos gegenübertreten. Viel Spaß beim Üben! Sie erfahren Wie Sie Daten gekonnt analysieren und interpretierenWas die Fehlergrenze ist und wie Sie sie berechnenWie Hypothesentests funktionieren und was der p-Wert eigentlich misstWas Korrelation und Regression bedeuten

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Mathematik muss nicht dröge und schwer verständlich sein, manchmal kann sie sogar ein bisschen Spaß machen. Thoralf Räsch vermittelt Ihnen die Grundlagen, die alle Naturwissenschaften benötigen: Algebra, Analysis, Differentiation, Integration, Differentialgleichungen, Lineare Algebra, Statistik, Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und Hypothesentests. Anhand vieler Tipps und Praxisbeispiele lernen Sie, wie die erworbenen Kenntnisse in den Naturwissenschaften angewendet werden. Dieses Buch richtet sich an Studierende aller Naturwissenschaften ? sowohl zum Lernen als auch zum Nachschlagen.

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Continue your statistics journey with this all-encompassing reference Completed Statistics through standard deviations, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing? Then you’re ready for the next step: Statistics II. And there’s no better way to tackle this challenging subject than with Statistics II For Dummies! Get a brief overview of Statistics I in case you need to brush up on earlier topics, and then dive into a full explanation of all Statistic II concepts, including multiple regression, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Chi-square tests, nonparametric procedures, and analyzing large data sets. By the end of the book, you’ll know how to use all the statistics tools together to create a great story about your data. For each Statistics II technique in the book, you get an overview of when and why it’s used, how to know when you need it, step-by-step directions on how to do it, and tips and tricks for working through the solution. You also find: What makes each technique distinct and what the results say How to apply techniques in real life An interpretation of the computer output for data analysis purposes Instructions for using Minitab to work through many of the calculations Practice with a lot of examples With Statistics II For Dummies, you will find even more techniques to analyze a set of data. Get a head start on your Statistics II class, or use this in conjunction with your textbook to help you thrive in statistics!

Statistik ist ganz sicher kein beliebtes, aber ein notwendiges und auch nützliches Thema. Deborah Rumsey erklärt Ihnen in diesem Buch die notwendigen Grundbegriffe, erläutert die wichtigsten statistischen Konzepte und schafft einen Bezug zwischen Theorie und Praxis. Dabei kommt Sie fast ohne Formeln aus. Sie lernen die verschiedenen grafischen Darstellungsmöglichkeiten von statistischem Material kennen und erfahren, wie Sie Ihre Ergebnisse richtig auswerten. Egal ob Mittelwert, Bias, Standardabweichung oder Konfidenzintervall, schon bald kann Ihnen keiner mehr etwas vormachen.

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Sie müssen komplexe wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen auswerten? Sie wollen oder müssen dafür Ihren Statistikwerkzeugkasten erweitern? In diesem Buch werden Sie Modelle aufbauen und testen. Sie werden Variablen schätzen, korrelieren und zusammenfassen. Die dabei verwendeten Techniken sind verschiedene Arten der Regression, Varianzanalyse, Chi-Quadrat-Tests und nichtparametrische Prozeduren. Sehr viele Beispiele, teilweise unter Einsatz von SPSS, decken all die verschiedenen Aufgabenstellungen ab, denen Sie begegnen könnten.

Die Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung wird in der Schule oft nur beiläufig behandelt, dabei handelt es sich um ein besonders spannendes und alltagstaugliches Teilgebiet der Mathematik. Für alle, die über dieses Thema noch etwas mehr erfahren wollen oder müssen, erklärt Deborah Rumsey verständlich und mit Humor, was sie unbedingt wissen sollten. Egal ob Kontingenztabelle, zentraler Grenzwertsatz, Stichproben-, Binomial- oder Poissonverteilung, in diesem Buch lernen Sie, was es ist und wie Sie es anwenden. Zu jedem Kapitel finden Sie online eine Übungsaufgabe samt Lösung, um das Gelernte zu festigen. Auch Tipps zu praktischen Anwendungen - ob bei der Arbeit oder am Pokertisch - kommen nicht zu kurz. So finden Sie in diesem Buch alles, was Sie über Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung unbedingt wissen sollten.

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Auf Kriegsfuß mit der Analysis stehen, ist keine Schande. Wenn man sie aber beherrschen muss, hilft das nicht viel. Aber es gibt Abhilfe: Dieses Buch erklärt Ihnen die Grundlagen der Analysis aus den Klassen 8-10 und liefert Ihnen so ein Fundament, auf dem Sie Ihre weiteren Rechenkünste aufbauen können. So erfahren Sie, was Sie über lineare, quadratische, exponentielle, logarithmische und trigonometrische Funktionen wissen müssen, um in der Analysis bestehen zu können. Außerdem erklären Ihnen die Autoren die ersten Schritte in Differentation und Integration und zur Auswertung der Grenzwerte. So gerüstet, können Sie sich getrost der Analysis stellen.

The ideal supplement and study guide for students preparing for advanced statistics Packed with fresh and practical examples appropriate for a range of degree-seeking students, Statistics II For Dummies helps any reader succeed in an upper-level statistics course. It picks up with data analysis where Statistics For Dummies left off, featuring new and updated examples, real-world applications, and test-taking strategies for success. This easy-to-understand guide covers such key topics as sorting and testing models, using regression to make predictions, performing variance analysis (ANOVA), drawing test conclusions with chi-squares, and making comparisons with the Rank Sum Test.