Includes bibliographical references and index.

Common Errors in Statistics (and How to Avoid Them); Contents; Preface; Part I: FOUNDATIONS; Chapter 1: Sources of Error; PRESCRIPTION; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; SURVEYS AND LONG-TERM STUDIES; AD-HOC, POST-HOC HYPOTHESES; TO LEARN MORE; Chapter 2: Hypotheses: The Why of Your Research; PRESCRIPTION; WHAT IS A HYPOTHESIS?; HOW PRECISE MUST A HYPOTHESIS BE?; FOUND DATA; NULL OR NIL HYPOTHESIS; NEYMAN-PEARSON THEORY; DEDUCTION AND INDUCTION; LOSSES; DECISIONS; TO LEARN MORE; Chapter 3: Collecting Data; PREPARATION; RESPONSE VARIABLES; DETERMINING SAMPLE SIZE; FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS.

"The Fourth Edition of this tried-and-true book elaborates on many key topics such as epidemiological studies, distribution of data; baseline data incorporation; case control studies; simulations; statistical theory publication; biplots; instrumental variables; ecological regression; result reporting, survival analysis; etc. Including new modifications and figures, the book also covers such topics as research plan creation; data collection; hypothesis formulation and testing; coefficient estimates; sample size specifications; assumption checking; p-values interpretations and confidence intervals; counts and correlated data; model building and testing; Bayes' Theorem; bootstrap and permutation tests; and more"-- Provided by publisher.

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