Elements of Statistics for the Life and Social Sciences
This book was written to myself at about the time I began graduate studies in anthropology-the sort of thing a Samuel Beckett character might do. It is about the conduct of research. In a very real sense the purpose is partially to compensate for the inad
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Elements of Statistics for the Life and Social Sciences
With 18 Figures
Springer-Verlag New York Berlin Heidelberg London Paris Tokyo
Braxton M. Alfred Department of Anthropology and Sociology University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC V6T 2B2 Canada Editorial Board
Stephen Fienberg Department of Statistics Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Ingram Olkin Department of Statistics Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 USA
AMS Classification: 62-01 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alfred, Braxton M. Elements of statistics for the life and social sciences. (Springer texts in statistics) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Social sciences-Statistical methods. 2. Life sciences-Statistical methods. I. Title. II. Series. HA29.A53 1987 300'.1'5195 87-4964
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Preface
This book was written to myself at about the time I began graduate studies in anthropology-the sort of thing a Samuel Beckett character might do. It is about the conduct of research. In a very real sense the purpose is partially to compensate for the inadequacies of my professors. Perhaps this is what education is about. The effort has not been an unqualified success, but it has been extremely gratifying. I was trained in anthropology. After completing the Ph.D. I went to Stanford on a post-doctoral fellowship. At the time, th
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