Applied Statistics: Principles and Examples

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Nature and objectives of statistical analysis....Pages 3-13
Some general concepts....Pages 14-19
Some strategical aspects....Pages 20-27
Some types of statistical procedure....Pages 28-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Admissions to intensive care unit....Pages 53-57
Intervals between adjacent births....Pages 58-62
Statistical aspects of literary style....Pages 63-67
Temperature distribution in a chemical reactor....Pages 68-71
A ‘before and after’ study of blood pressure....Pages 72-76
Comparison of industrial processes in the presence of trend....Pages 77-80
Cost of construction of nuclear power plants....Pages 81-90
Effect of process and purity index on fault occurrence....Pages 91-94
Growth of bones from chick embryos....Pages 95-97
Factorial experiment on cycles to failure of worsted yarn....Pages 98-102
Factorial experiment on diets for chickens....Pages 103-106
Binary preference data for detergent use....Pages 107-111
Fertilizer experiment on growth of cauliflowers....Pages 112-115
Subjective preference data on soap pads....Pages 116-120
Atomic weight of iodine....Pages 121-125
Multifactor experiment on a nutritive medium....Pages 126-130
Back Matter....Pages 165-167
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Strength of cotton yarn....Pages 131-134
Biochemical experiment on the blood of mice....Pages 135-138
Voltage regulator performance....Pages 139-142
Intervals between the failure of air-conditioning equipment in aircraft....Pages 143-147
Survival times of leukemia patients....Pages 148-150
A retrospective study with binary data....Pages 151-154
Housing and associated factors....Pages 155-161
Educational plans of Wisconsin schoolboys....Pages 162-164
Back Matter....Pages 165-167
Back Matter....Pages 168-189