A First Course In Statistics (Record no. 20316)
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| fixed length control field | 01539nam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780905435848 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0905435842 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 519.5 |
| Item number | BOO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Booth, Dexter J. |
| 245 #2 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A First Course In Statistics |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | DP Pub. |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Year of publication | 1982 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 296 pages |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Foundation instruction right start textbooks. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part 1 This is statistics: fundamental ideas; asking the question; collecting the data; deriving the statistics; communicating the results. Part 2 Asking questions: questions and statistics; who asks the questions; how to ask questions; how not to ask questions; questionnaire design; when to ask questions. Part 3 Collection of data: primary data; probability and sampling; organizing the data; tabulation of data; secondary data; graphical representation of data. Part 4 Deriving the statistics: single statistics; dispersion; multiple statistics; index numbers; regression; correlation; time series. Part 5 Communicating the results: the general principles of presentation; demonstration tables; pictorial representation; the use of words. Part 6 Answers to exercises. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | <br/>Aimed specifically at the first exam in Statistics of the Royal Society of Arts, this text introduces the subject in a manner that presumes no previous knowledge, requires only basic arithmetic, and never brings in a statistical concept without prior explanation and preparation. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Business mathematics. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Mathematical statistics. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Lending Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | 13/08/1993 | Purchased | 495.00 | 519.5 BOO | 001808 | Lending Books |