What is a P-Value Anyway? 34 Stories to Help You Actually Understand Statistics

By Andrew J. Vickers

Book Overview

What is a p-value Anyway? offers a fun introduction to the fundamental principles of statistics, presenting the essential concepts in thirty-four brief, enjoyable stories. Drawing on his experience as a medical researcher, Vickers blends insightful explanations and humor, with minimal math, to help readers understand and interpret the statistics they read every day. KEY TOPICS: Describing data; Data distributions; Variation of study results: confidence intervals; Hypothesis testing; Regression and decision making; Some common statistical errors, and what they teach us MARKET: For all readers interested in statistics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321629302
• ISBN13: 9780321629302
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.0"