| Main Title |
Data analysis for scientists and engineers / |
| Author |
Meyer, Stuart L.,
|
| Publisher |
Wiley, |
| Year Published |
1975 |
| OCLC Number |
00903034 |
| ISBN |
0471599956; 9780471599951 |
| Subjects |
Mathematical statistics ;
Probabilities ;
Statistique mathâematique ;
Analyse des donnâees ;
Datenauswertung ;
Experimentauswertung ;
Ingenieur ;
Wissenschaftler
|
| Additional Subjects |
Mathematical statistics ;
Probabilities
|
| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EIAM |
QA276.M437 1975 |
|
Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
05/04/2005 |
| EJBM |
QA276.M437 1975 |
|
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
01/12/2015 |
| EJDM |
QA276.M437 |
|
Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD |
07/17/1998 |
| EKBM |
QA276.M437 1975 |
|
Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
01/01/1988 |
| ELBM |
QA276.M437 1975 |
|
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
01/01/1988 |
| EMBM |
QA276.M437 1975 |
|
NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK |
03/04/1994 |
|
| Collation |
513 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-504) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
pt. I. Introduction to scientific measurement. The meaning of measurement -- The conduct of an experimental investigation -- The scientific report -- Procedure in a laboratory and the laboratory notebook -- Experimental errors -- Rejection of data: Chauvenet's criterion and its dangers -- The philosophy of sampling and the definition of statistical concepts -- Discussion of the analysis of samples -- Discussion of discrete and continuous frequency distributions and histograms -- Propagation of error and least squares -- pt. II. Introduction to graphical techniques and curve fitting. Display graphs -- Correlation graphs -- Graphs relating more than two variables -- Straight-line graphs and fitting -- Reduction to straight-line graphs -- Calculating charts -- pt. III. Probability. The meaning of probability -- Some arithmetic on combinations and permutations -- Event calculus--the logic of probability -- Joint probability distributions and functions of random variables -- Geometrical probability, random numbers, and Monte Carlo experiments -- pt. IV. Some probability distributions and applications. The binomial distribution -- The hypergeometric distribution -- The Poisson distribution -- The Gaussian or normal distribution -- The chi-square distribution -- Student's t distribution -- Miscellaneous other probability distributions and examples -- pt. V. Statistical inference. Estimation -- Estimation and the method of maximum likelihood -- Hypothesis testing and significance -- Chi-square minimization methods -- Least-squares methods; curve fitting. |
| Place Published |
New York |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
1975 |
| Series Title Traced |
Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics |
| Series Title Untraced |
Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Document Type |
BC |
| Medium |
unmediated |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
74008873 |
| Merged OCLC records |
1232426; 641172209; 977732183 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20150108115753 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03872cam 2200685 i 45020 |
