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020			_a0765612399 (cloth : alk. paper)
050	0	0	_aHA 29 _bMAC
100	1		_aMacfie, Brian P.,
245	1	0	_aApplied statistics for public policy /
260			_aArmonk, N.Y. : _bM.E. Sharpe, _cc2006.
300			_axv, 536 pages : _bIllustrations ;
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aUnit 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.
650		0	_aSocial sciences - Statistical methods.
650		0	_aPolitical statistics.
700	1		_aNufrio, Philip M.
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004023626.html
942			_cBK