Statistics for Geoscientists

Content: 
Related Pergamon Titles, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Foreword to the English Edition, Pages vii-viii
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction, Scope and Purpose of Applied Statistics, Pages 1-5
CHAPTER 2 - Classification and Tabulation of Frequency Distributions, Pages 6-11
CHAPTER 3 - Distribution Curves, Cumulative Frequency Curves, Special Representations, and Logarithmic Class Intervals, Pages 12-17
CHAPTER 4 - Averaging, Pages 18-25
CHAPTER 5 - Variance, Standard Deviation, Skewness, and Kurtosis. Moments, Pages 26-31
CHAPTER 6 - The Characterization of Grain-size Distributions, Pages 32-33
CHAPTER 7 - Statistical Analysis of Inhomogeneity, Pages 34-39
CHAPTER 8 - Elementary Introduction to the Statistical Analysis of Stratified Rock Sequences and Time Series, Pages 40-46
CHAPTER 9 - Some Important Distribution Functions, Pages 47-57
CHAPTER 10 - Estimating Population Parameters, Confidence Limits. The Student-t Test, Pages 58-64
CHAPTER 11 - Significance Tests for Means, Variances, Frequency Distributions, and Sequential Arrangements, Pages 65-84
CHAPTER 12 - Ranking Methods, Pages 85-88
CHAPTER 13 - Correlation and Regression, Pages 89-106
CHAPTER 14 - Simplified Linear and Nonlinear Regression Analysis, Pages 107-114
CHAPTER 15 - An Introduction to Discriminant Analysis, Pages 115-119
CHAPTER 16 - Introduction to the Construction of Geological Maps by Trend Analysis of Exploration Data, Pages 120-126
CHAPTER 17 - The Representation of Distribution Curves by Cubic Splines, Pages 127-132
CHAPTER 18 - Sampling from Inhomogeneous Universes, Pages 133-135
CHAPTER 19 - Sampling Methods. Monte Carlo Sampling, Pages 136-140
CHAPTER 20 - Introduction to the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Pages 141-143
CHAPTER 21 - Latin Squares, Pages 144-148
CHAPTER 22 - Factor Analysis, Pages 149-153
CHAPTER 23 - Performance of Statistical Investigations. The Most Important Flaws Encountered in Papers Using Statistical Methods, Pages 154-156
Some Textbooks and Treatises, Pages 157-159
References, Pages 160-164
Tables, Pages 165-170
The Mathematical Background of Chapter 14, Pages 171-172
Remarks to Chapter 15 (Discriminant Analysis), Pages 173-174
Index, Pages 175-176