A panorama of statistics : perspectives, puzzles and paradoxes in statistics / by Sowey, Eric, Books24x7, Inc

Table of Contents: “…-- How statistics differs from mathematics -- Statistical literacy- essential in the 21st century -- Statistical inquiry on the web -- Part II Statistical description -- Trustworthy statistics are accurate, meaningful and relevant -- Let's hear it for the standard deviation! -- Index numbers- time travel for averages -- The beguiling ways of bad statistics I -- The beguiling ways of bad statistics II -- Part III Preliminaries to inference -- Puzzles and paradoxes in probability -- Some paradoxes of randomness -- Hidden risks for gamblers -- Models in statistics -- The normal distribution: history, computation and curiosities -- Part IV Statistical inference -- The pillars of applied statistics- estimation -- The pillars of applied statistics- hypothesis testing -- 'Data snooping' and the significance level in multiple testing -- Francis Galton and the birth of regression -- Experimental design- piercing the veil of random variation -- In praise of Bayes -- Part V Some statistical byways -- Quality in statistics -- History of ideas: statistical personalities and the personalities of statisticians -- Statistical eponymy -- Statistical 'laws' -- Statistical artefacts -- Part VI Answers -- Answers to the chapter questions.…”
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Project management. a common sense guide to the PMBOK / by Marion, James W., PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…-- 4.1 Time: activities and deliverables -- 4.2 Putting things in order -- 4.3 From simple, to complex -- 4.4 Activity on arrow: a different type of network diagram -- 4.5 Analyzing project duration using a network diagram -- 4.6 The forward pass -- 4.7 Forward pass with merging activities -- 4.8 The backward pass -- 4.9 Activity slack -- 4.10 CPM and sensitivity -- 4.11 Building the estimated PERT schedule -- 4.12 The PERT network diagram -- 4.13 The weighted average and the project average -- 4.14 The normal curve and probability -- 4.15 Units of project time and probability -- 4.16 Measuring standard deviations -- 4.17 Using the Z table -- 4.18 Approximating probabilities -- 4.19 The "50 percent rule" -- 4.20 Converting schedule time units to standard deviations -- 4.21 The significance of the project mean -- 4.22 Determining the project standard deviation -- 4.23 Variance calculations -- 4.24 Practical use of PERT analysis -- 4.25 An additional number to remember -- 4.26 Recalling the PERT analysis sequence -- 4.27 PERT versus Monte Carlo analysis -- 4.28 The schedule duration and resource limitations -- 4.29 The critical chain -- 4.30 Further conflicts and additional delays -- 4.31 Impact of conflict resolution -- 4.32 Schedule optimization -- 4.33 Schedule precedence impact -- 4.34 Cost: what funding will be required to complete the project? …”
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What the luck? : the surprising role of chance in our everyday lives / by Smith, Gary, 1945-, Safari Books Online

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Systems and software development, modeling, and analysis : new perspectives and methodologies / by IGI InfoSci

Table of Contents: “…Bruce -- Context inference engine (CiE): classifying activity of context using minkowski distance and standard deviation-based ranks / Umar Mahmud, Muhammad Younus Javed -- Simple system dynamics and control system project models / A.S. …”
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Multiple criteria decision making : beyond the information age / by SpringerLink (Online service), International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making

Table of Contents: “…Heterogeneous Sensor Data Fusion for Target Classification Using Adaptive Distance Function -- Selection of Emergency Assembly Points: A Case Study for the Expected Istanbul Earthquake -- Assessing Smartness and Urban Development of the European Cities: An Integrated Approach of Entropy and VIKOR -- An MCDM-Based Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Study for Evaluating Kidney Stone Treatment Alternatives -- Geographic Distribution of the Efficiency of Childbirth Services in Turkey -- Multicriteria Methods and the Hydropower Plants Planning in Brazil -- Regional Examination of Energy Investments in Turkey Using an Intuitionistic Fuzzy Method -- Small Series Fashion Supplier Selection Using MCDM Methods -- Enhanced Performance Assessment of Airlines with Integrated Balanced Scorecard, Network-Based Superefficiency DEA and PCA Methods -- The Effects of Country Characteristics on Entrepreneurial Activities -- A Geometric Standard Deviation Based Soft Consensus Model in Analytic Hierarchy Process -- Coherency: From Outlier Detection to Reducing Comparisons in the ANP Supermatrix -- Usage of Entropy-Based Objective Weighting in Neutrosophic Multiple Attribute Decision-Making -- Implementation of Cumulative Belief Degree Approach to Group Decision-Making Problems Under Hesitancy -- A Literature Survey on Project Portfolio Selection Problem.…”
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A financial conditions index for South Africa / by Gumata, Nombulelo, Klein, Nir, Ndou, Eliphas, PALCI EBSCO books, International Monetary Fund. African Department

Table of Contents: “…The Estimated Financial Conditions Indices (FCIs) Scaled by the Sample's Standard Deviations; 4. Demeaned GDP Growth and the Alternative FCIs; 5. …”
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DRI, dietary reference intakes the essential guide to nutrient requirements / by ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions, ProQuest (Firm)

Table of Contents: “…Appendixes: Acknowledgments ; Biographical sketches ; Methods ; Glossary and acronyms ; DRI values for indispensable amino acids by life stage and gender group ; Conversions ; Iron intakes and estimated percentiles of the distribution of iron requirements from the Continuing survey of food intakes by individuals (CSFII), 1994-1996 -- Standard deviation of requirements for nutrients with an EAR -- Estimates of within-subject variation in intake -- Summary tables, Dietary Reference Intakes.…”
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Clinical epidemiology & evidence-based medicine : fundamental principles of clinical reasoning & research / by Katz, David L., 1963-, Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…Measuring Dispersion: Variance and Standard Deviation --…”
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Oracle ADF enterprise application development-made simple : successfully plan, develop, test, and deploy enterpise applications with Oracle ADF / by Vesterli, Sten E., Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Deciding how to build itDeciding how much to build at a time; Deciding how much to build yourself; Deciding how to integrate; Application architecture; Example Work Breakdown Structure; Estimating the solution; Top-down estimate; Bottom-up estimate; Three-point estimates; Grouping -- simple, normal, and hard; More input, better estimates; Adding it all up -- the final estimate; Swings and roundabouts; Calculating the standard deviation for a task; Calculating the standard deviation for a project; Sanity check; From effort to calendar time; Summary; Chapter 3:Getting Organized.…”
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U Can : statistics for dummies / by Rumsey, Deborah J. (Deborah Jean), 1961-, Unger, David, 1950-, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Grabbing Some Basic Statistical JargonData; Data set; Variable; Population; Statistic; Parameter; Mean (Average); Median; Standard deviation; Percentile; Standard score; Distribution and normal distribution; Central Limit Theorem; z-values; Margin of error; Confidence interval; Hypothesis testing; p-values; Statistical significance; Correlation, regression, and two-way tables; Drawing Credible Conclusions; Reeling in overstated results; Questioning claims of cause and effect; Becoming a Sleuth, Not a Skeptic; Part II Number-Crunching Basics; Chapter 4 Crunching Categorical Data.…”
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Monte Carlo simulation and analysis in modern optical tolerancing / by Siew, Ronian, SPIE digital library

Table of Contents: “…Systematic versus random variability; 2.2. Standard deviation as error, uncertainty, and variability; 2.3. …”
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Advances in security, networks, and Internet of Things : proceedings from SAM'20, ICWN'20, ICOMP'20, and ESCS'20 / by SAM (Conference : Computer Security) Las Vegas, Nev. ; Online), SpringerLink (Online service), ICWN (Conference), ICOMP (Conference), ESCS (Conference)

Table of Contents: “…2.4 Evaluation of PRNG -- 3 Statistical Analysis -- 3.1 Largest and Smallest Prime Numbers -- 3.2 Mean Value of Prime Numbers -- 3.3 Standard Deviation of Prime Numbers -- 3.4 Largest and Smallest Prime Distances -- 3.5 Maximum Distance -- 3.6 Mean Value of Prime Distances -- 3.7 Standard Deviation of Prime Distances -- 4 Occurrence of Primes Near the Threshold Values -- 5 Occurrence of Distances Near the Threshold Values -- 6 Patterns Within Primes -- 7 Searching for Last Digits -- 8 Benefits from the Statistics -- 9 Conclusions -- References…”
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Learn R for Applied Statistics : With Data Visualizations, Regressions, and Statistics. by Hui, Eric Goh Ming, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Reading Data Files; Reading a CSV File; Writing a CSV File; Reading an Excel File; Writing an Excel File; Reading an SPSS File; Writing an SPSS File; Reading a JSON File; Basic Data Processing; Selecting Data; Sorting; Filtering; Removing Missing Values; Removing Duplicates; Some Basic Statistics Terms; Types of Data; Mode, Median, Mean; Mode; Median; Mean; Interquartile Range, Variance, Standard Deviation; Range; Interquartile Range; Variance; Standard Deviation; Normal Distribution; Modality; Skewness; Binomial Distribution; The summary() and str() Functions…”
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Debt Sustainability in Low-Income Countries : policies, institutions, or shocks? / by Bal-Gündüz, Yasemin, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Variables Used in the Probit RegressionsAppendix IV. Standard Deviations of Policy Variables in the MI Index; Appendix V. …”
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Optimal oil production and the world supply of oil / by Aleksandrov, Nikolay, PALCI EBSCO books, International Monetary Fund. Research Department

Table of Contents: “…Concluding Remarks and the World Supply of Oil; References; Figures; 1. Standard Deviation of Change in Reserves; 2. Optimal Extration-Brazil and U.A.E; 3. …”
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Stock markets, investments and corporate behavior : a conceptual framework of understanding / by Dempsey, Michael (Michael J.), PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Expected return; 6.10.2. Variance and standard deviation; 6.10.3. Covariance; 6.10.4. Variance of portfolio returns; 6.10.5. …”
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Budget Optimization and Allocation. by Sahana, Sudip Kumar, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…TEST CASE 3: MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION TECHNIQUE.…”
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Data analysis for physical scientists : featuring Excel / by Kirkup, Les, PALCI EBSCO books

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Mistakes in Quality Statistics and How to Fix Them. by Benbow, Donald W., ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title page -- CIP data -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Hypothesis Tests -- 1.1 HYPOTHESIS TEST FOR TWO POPULATION MEANS -- 1.2 HYPOTHESIS TEST FOR A POPULATION PROPORTION -- 1.3 HYPOTHESIS TEST FOR POPULATION STANDARD DEVIATION -- Chapter 2 -- Correlation and Causation -- 2.1 LURKING VARIABLE -- 2.2 CORRELATION OR CAUSATION? …”
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A Monograph of the Genus Microtoena (Lamiaceae) by Wang, Qiang, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…INDEX TO BOTANICAL NAMES AND SYNONYMS -- DATA OF STANDARD DEVIATION ANALYSIS…”
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