Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- For the student
- For the instructor
- 1 Science and statistical data analysis
- 2 Statistical summaries of data
- 3 Simple statistical inferences
- 4 Probability theory
- 5 Random variables
- 6 Estimation and maximum likelihood
- 7 Significance tests and confidence intervals
- 8 Monte Carlo methods
- Appendix A Getting started with statistical computation
- Appendix B Data case studies
- Appendix C Combinations and permutations
- Appendix D More on confidence intervals
- Appendix E Glossary
- Appendix F Notation
- References
- Index
Appendix D - More on confidence intervals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- For the student
- For the instructor
- 1 Science and statistical data analysis
- 2 Statistical summaries of data
- 3 Simple statistical inferences
- 4 Probability theory
- 5 Random variables
- 6 Estimation and maximum likelihood
- 7 Significance tests and confidence intervals
- 8 Monte Carlo methods
- Appendix A Getting started with statistical computation
- Appendix B Data case studies
- Appendix C Combinations and permutations
- Appendix D More on confidence intervals
- Appendix E Glossary
- Appendix F Notation
- References
- Index
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- Scientific InferenceLearning from Data, pp. 210 - 213Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013