Illuminating Statistical Analysis Using Scenarios and Simulations

Illuminating Statistical Analysis Using Scenarios and Simulations

Kottemann, Jeffrey E.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

04/2017

312

Dura

Inglês

9781119296331

15 a 20 dias

560

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Preface ix

Acknowledgements xi

Part I Sample Proportions and the Normal Distribution 1

1 Evidence and Verdicts 3

2 Judging Coins I 5

3 Brief on Bell Shapes 9

4 Judging Coins II 11

5 Amount of Evidence I 19

6 Variance of Evidence I 23

7 Judging Opinion Splits I 27

8 Amount of Evidence II 31

9 Variance of Evidence II 35

10 Judging Opinion Splits II 39

11 It Has Been the Normal Distribution All Along 45

12 Judging Opinion Split Differences 49

13 Rescaling to Standard Errors 53

14 The Standardized Normal Distribution Histogram 55

15 The z-Distribution 59

16 Brief on Two-Tail Versus One-Tail 65

17 Brief on Type I Versus Type II Errors 69

Part II Sample Means and the Normal Distribution 75

18 Scaled Data and Sample Means 77

19 Distribution of Random Sample Means 79

20 Amount of Evidence 81

21 Variance of Evidence 83

22 Homing in on the Population Mean I 87

23 Homing in on the Population Mean II 91

24 Homing in on the Population Mean III 93

25 Judging Mean Differences 95

26 Sample Size, Variance, and Uncertainty 99

27 The t-Distribution 105

Part III Multiple Proportions and Means: The X2- and F-Distributions 111

28 Multiple Proportions and the X2-Distribution 113

29 Facing Degrees of Freedom 119

30 Multiple Proportions: Goodness of Fit 121

31 Two-Way Proportions: Homogeneity 125

32 Two-Way Proportions: Independence 127

33 Variance Ratios and the F-Distribution 131

34 Multiple Means and Variance Ratios: ANOVA 137

35 Two-Way Means and Variance Ratios: ANOVA 143

Part IV Linear Associations: Covariance, Correlation, and Regression 147

36 Covariance 149

37 Correlation 153

38 What Correlations Happen Just by Chance? 155

39 Judging Correlation Differences 161

40 Correlation with Mixed Data Types 165

41 A Simple Regression Prediction Model 167

42 Using Binomials Too 171

43 A Multiple Regression Prediction Model 175

44 Loose End I (Collinearity) 179

45 Loose End II (Squaring R) 183

46 Loose End III (Adjusting R-Squared) 185

47 Reality Strikes 187

Part V Dealing with Unruly Scaled Data 193

48 Obstacles and Maneuvers 195

49 Ordered Ranking Maneuver 199

50 What Rank Sums Happen Just by Chance? 201

51 Judging Rank Sum Differences 203

52 Other Methods Using Ranks 205

53 Transforming the Scale of Scaled Data 207

54 Brief on Robust Regression 209

55 Brief on Simulation and Resampling 211

Part VI Review and Additional Concepts 213

56 For Part I 215

57 For Part II 221

58 For Part III 227

59 For Part IV 233

60 For Part V 243

Appendices 247

A Data Types and Some Basic Statistics 249

B Simulating Statistical Scenarios 253

C Standard Error as Standard Deviation 271

D Data Excerpt 273

E Repeated Measures 277

F Bayesian Statistics 281

G Data Mining 287

Index 295
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statistical scenarios, statistics and inference, dual mechanisms, Monte Carlo simulation, formulaic methods, uncertainty, analysis of proportion, mean and rank differences, covariance, correlation and regression, Bayesian statistics, data mining, model cross-validation, robust regression, and resampling, Microsoft (R) Office Excel (R)