01738cam a22001934a 4500 0 0 0 GIMPA GIMPA REF 2006-06-05 Purchase 0 HA 29 MAC 46169 2022-11-23 2023-02-23 BK 1534 1534 0765612399 (cloth : alk. paper) HA 29 MAC Macfie, Brian P., Applied statistics for public policy / Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2006. xv, 536 pages : Illustrations ; Includes index. Unit I. Descriptive statistics -- Introduction : what is statistics all about? -- Using polystat to do statistical analysis -- Presentation of data -- Summarizing data and using descriptive statistics -- Unit II. Basic probability and probability distributions -- Basic probability : theory and applications -- Sampling and the normal distribution -- The central limit theorem -- Unit III. Hypothesis testing -- Introduction to inferential statistics -- Estimating means, proportions, and sample size with confidence -- Validating a hypothesis about a single population mean using a sample -- Validating hypotheses between two population means -- Validating hypotheses about a single population proportion -- Validating hypotheses about two population proportions -- Unit IV. Measures of association -- Comparing more than two population means with anova -- Comparing more than two population proportions using the chi-square test -- Determining relationships for two variables using correlation -- Measuring relationships with simple regression analysis -- Measuring multivariate relationships with regression analysis -- Planning statistical research. Social sciences - Statistical methods. Political statistics. Nufrio, Philip M. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004023626.html BK