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Stats: What makes a good book? A
sense of humor. (February 13, 2006). I was recently asked to evaluate a
book proposal, and although I have not finished it, it made me think about
what makes a book good. There are several things that I look for in a book
about Statistics, and one of those things (not necessarily the most
important) is a good sense of humor.
Stats: My ten favorite books,
#8 (March 24, 2006). A recent query on the Medstats email discussion
group reminded me that I need to continue the list of my ten favorite
statistics books. Another book I really love and recommend all the time is:
How To Report Statistics in Medicine. Thomas A. Lang, Michelle Secic
(2006) Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians.
Stats: My ten favorite books,
#9 (March 24, 2006). There is a lot of interest in applying Quality
Control methods to health care problems. Whenever someone asks me about this
topic, I recommend an excellent book: Understanding Variation: The Key to
Managing Chaos. Donald J. Wheeler (1993) Knoxville, TN: SPC Press Inc.
Stats: My ten favorite books,
#10 (March 17, 2006). A recently purchased book is worth mentioning, and
it will probably make my Top Ten list. It has a very good section on how to
properly apply diagnostic tests in the real world: Essential
evidence-based medicine. Dan Meyer (2004) Cambridge, England: Cambridge
University Press.
Alphabetical index of books
1 | A | B |
C | D | E | F |
G | H | I | J
| K | L | M |
N | O | P | Q |
R | S | T | U
| V | W | X |
Y | Z
I've tried to provide general categories for the complexity of the books
listed below. The choices are
- This book has very few if any mathematical formulas.
- This book is good for someone looking for an introduction to statistics.
- This book is a gentle introduction to a specialized topic.
- This book is for students who want more mathematical details.
Top ten books [incomplete]
Books with little or no mathematical formulas [incomplete]
Books with an introduction to basic Statistics [incomplete]
Books that offer a gentle introduction to a specialized topic [incomplete]
Books with more mathematical details [incomplete]
1
- 100 Statistical Tests. Gopal K. Kanji (1993)
London: SAGE Publications. This book is cited in
Category: UnusualData. Description: Gopal Kanji lists specific details
of many statistical tests, some quite obscure. This book is for students who
want more mathematical details.
A
- Advanced Topics in Statistical Process Control:
The Power of Shewhart's Charts. Donald J. Wheeler (1995) Knoxville,
Tennessee: SPC Press.
[BookFinder4U
link] This book is cited in
Category: ControlCharts. Description: Wheeler's book provides
theoretical and empirical justification for the use of control charts. A lot
of good material if you need to justify why you are using a certain approach
for control charts. This book is for students who want more mathematical
details.
- The Analysis of Binary Data. David R. Cox, E.
J. Snell (1977) London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. This book is cited in
Category: LogisticRegression.
Description: Cox and Snell's book is a nice introduction to two by two
tables with some advanced topics like overdispersion. This book is for
students who want more mathematical details.
- Analysis of Longitudinal Data. Peter J. Diggle
(1994) Oxford: Clarendon Press. This book is cited in
Category: MixedModels.
Description: Diggle, Liang, and Zeger's book provides an excellent overview
of methods for longitudinal models which are the source of some of the
greatest complexity in Statistics today. These authors, who have pioneered
some of the most important work in this area, lay out both theoretical and
practical information about analysis of longitudinal data. This book is for
students who want more mathematical details.
- Applications, Basics, and Computing of Exploratory
Data Analysis. Paul F. Velleman, David C. Hoaglin (1981) Boston: Duxbury
Press. This book is cited in
Category:
DescriptiveStatistics. Description: Velleman and Hoaglin's book is the
classic reference on exploratory data analysis. The authors describe some
methods that were cutting-edge back in 1981, but which have now been
incorporated into the mainstream of statistics. This book is good for someone
looking for an introduction to statistics. A recent publishing
initiative has placed the full text of this book on the web at
hdl.handle.net/1813/78.
- Applied Logistic Regression. David W. Hosmer,
Stanley Lemeshow (1989) New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
[BookFinder4U
link] This book is cited in
Category: LogisticRegression.
Description: Hosmer and Lemeshow's book is the resource that everyone turns
to when they need information about logistic regression. This book is for
students who want more mathematical details.
- Applied Regression Analysis Third Edition.
Norman R. Draper, Harry Smith (1998) New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This
book is cited in Category:
LinearRegression. Description: Draper and Smith's book is the most
comprehensive guide to regression that I know of. If you can't find it in
Draper and Smith, it isn't important. This book is for students who want more
mathematical details.
- Approximation Theorems of Mathematical Statistics.
Robert J. Serfling (1980) New York: John Wiley & Sons. This book is cited in
Category: StatisticalTheory.
Description: Serfling's book provides all the mathematical theory needed to
establish that something is asymptoticly normal. This book is for students who
want more mathematical details.
B
- Biostatistics The Bare Essentials. Geoffrey R.
Norman, PhD, David L. Streiner, PhD (1994) St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby-Year
Book, Inc.
[BookFinder4U link] This book is cited in
Category: TeachingResources.
Description: Norman and Streiner's book is very readable book with a lot of
humor. There is a second edition, published in 2000, that I have not seen.
This book is good for someone looking for an introduction to statistics.
- Building Continual Improvement: A Guide for
Business. Donald J. Wheeler, Shelia R. Poling (1998) Knoxville, Tennessee:
SPC Press.
[BookFinder4U link] This book is cited in
Category: ControlCharts.
Description: Wheeler and Poling's book provides a simple but rigorous
introduction and overview of the use of control charts. This book is a gentle
introduction to a specialized topic.
C
- The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics in the
Medical Sciences. Everitt BS (1995) Cambridge, England: Cambridge
University Press. ISBN: 0-521-47928-2. Description: A useful reference for
all those technical terms you see in medical journals. This book has very few
if any mathematical formulas.
- Chaos, Fractals, and Noise Stochastic Aspects of
Dynamics. Andrzej Lasota and Michael C. Mackey (1994) New York: Springer-Verlag.
Description: Coming soon!
- Chaos. Making a New Science. Gleick
J. New York NY: Penguin Books (1987). ISBN: 0-14-009250-1. Description:
James Gleick tells the history of the development of Chaos Theory. An
excellent book for someone who wants a non-technical introduction to the
field. This book has very few if any mathematical formulas.
- Crash Course in Spss for Windows: Updated for
Versions 10, 11, 12 And 13. Andrew M. Colman, Briony Pulford. ISBN:
1405145315 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers - 2006-04-05.
[BookFinder4U
link] Description: People always ask me for book recommendations, and I
am frequently at a loss for what to say. Recommending a book is actually quite
difficult, though, because people's needs vary so much. A common request is
for a book about SPSS, and the book mentioned above looks pretty good, though
I have not read it yet. Category: SPSS software
D
- Data Analysis & Statistics for Nursing Research.
Denise F. Polit (1996) Stamford, Connecticut: Appleton & Lange. ISBN:
0-8385-6329-5. Description: Denise Polit introduces Statistics with a
gentle touch and not so many formulas. This book is good for someone looking
for an introduction to statistics.
- Dynamical System and Fractals: Computer
graphics experiments in Pascal. Karl-Heinz Becker and Michael Dorfler
(1990) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Description: Coming soon!
E
- Elements of Graph Design. Kosslyn SM
(1994) New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. Description: A nice guide to the
perceptual issues associated with designing a good graph. This book has very
few if any mathematical formulas.
- Epidemiological Research Methods.
McNeil D. New York NY: John Wiley and Sons (1996). ISBN: 0-471-96196-5.
Description: Don McNeil provides a nice overview of the quantitative
methods commonly used in Epidemiology. This book is a gentle introduction to a
specialized topic.
- Epidemiology Kept Simple. An
Introduction to Classic and Modern Epidemiology. Gerstman BB. New
York NY: John Wiley and Sons (1998). ISBN: 0-471-24029-X. Description: Burt
Gerstman has written a nice non-technical introduction to epidemiology. This
book has an excellent discussion of how epidemiologists decide when you have
enough evidence to assume a cause and effect relationship. This book is a
gentle introduction to a specialized topic.
- Exploring the Geometry of Nature. Computer
Modeling of Chaos, Fractals Cellular Automata and Neural Networks. Edward
Rietman (1989) Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Windcrest Books. Description: Coming
soon!
F
- Fractal Concepts in Surface Growth. A.-L.
Barabasi and H.E. Stanley (1995) Great Britain: Cambridge University Press.
Description: Coming soon!
- Fractal Geometries Theory and Applications.
Alain Mehaute (1991) Boca Raton, California: CRC Press Inc. Description:
Coming soon!
- The Fractal Geometry of Nature. Benoit B.
Mandelbrot (1977) New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. Description: Coming
soon!
- Fractal Market Analysis: Applying CHAOS Theory
to Investment & Economics. Edgar E. Peters (1994) Canada: John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. Description: Coming soon!
- Fractal Music, Hypercards and more....
Martin Gardner (1992) New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. Description:
This book is a gentle introduction to a specialized topic.
- Fractal Programming in C. Roger T. Stevens
(1989) Redwood City, California: M&T Publishing, Inc. Description: Coming
soon!
- Fractals. A User's Guide for the Natural
Sciences. Harold M. Hastings and George Sugihara (1993) New York: Oxford
Science Publications. Description: Coming soon!
- Fractals and Chaos Simplified for the Life
Sciences. Larry S. Liebovitch (1988) New York: Oxford University Press.
Description: Coming soon!
- Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an
Infinite Paradise. Manfred Schroeder (1991) New York: W.H. Freeman and
Company. Description: Coming soon!
- Fractals Everywhere. Michael F. Barnsley
(1993) Cambridge: Academic Press Professional. Description: Coming soon!
- Fractals in Science. Armin Bunde and
Shlomo Havlin (1994) Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. Description: Coming
soon!
- Fundamentals of Biostatistics. Bernard
Rosner (1990) Belmont, California: Duxbury Press. ISBN: 0-534-91973-1.
Description: Bernard Rosner provides a good solid introduction to
Statistics with nice examples of sample size calculations. This book is good
for someone looking for an introduction to statistics.
G
- Generalized Additive Models (1990)
Hastie TJ and Tibshirani R. London England: Chapman and Hall.
ISBN: 0-412-34390-8. Description: Trevor Hastie and Robert Tibshirani give
you a solid mathematical foundation for splines. They also discuss smoothing
using splines and other approaches. Finally, they apply these smoothing
estimates to the generalized linear model. This book is for students who want
more mathematical details.
- Generalized Linear Models.
McCullagh P, Nelder JA. (1983). London, England, Chapman and Hall, Inc. ISBN:
0-412-23850-0. This book is cited in
Category: Logistic regression, Category:
Poisson regression. Description: Peter McCullagh and James Nelder wrote
the classic reference for the generalized linear model. The generalized linear
model is indeed very general, as it includes linear regression, logistic
regression, and Poisson regression models as special cases. This book is for
students who want more mathematical details.
H
- A Haircut in Horse Town: And Other Great Car
Talk Puzzlers. Magliozzi T, Magliozzi R and Berman D (1999) New York NY:
Berkley Publishing Group. Description: This book has a few clever math and
logic puzzles which actually relate to some of the topics on these web pages.
- How to Report Statistics in Medicine. Lang TA
and Secic M (1997) Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians. ISBN:
0-943126-44-4. Description: A comprehensive list of all the details that
you need to mention when you write a research paper. There is a second edition
which I have only briefly reviewed. This book has very few if any mathematical
formulas.
- How We Know What Isn't So. The Fallibility of
Human Reason in Everyday Life. Gilovich T. New York NY: Simon &
Schuster (1991). ISBN: 0-02-911706-2. Description: Thomas Gilovich explains
why we tend to believe in things that have no scientific basis. Gilovich
explains how our cognitive perceptions cause us to see patterns in random data
and how we are so ready to believe what we want to believe. He discusses
specific beliefs, such as alternative medicines and ESP, which arise from
biases in our perceptions and in our expectations. He ends with a nice chapter
on how to develop critical thinking skills. This book has very few if any
mathematical formulas.
I
- Innovative Control Charting: Practical SPC
Solutions for Today's Manfacturing Environment. Stephen A. Wise and
Douglas C. Fair (1998) Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ASQ Quality Press. ISBN:
0-87389-385-9. This book is cited in Category:
Control charts. Description: Stephen Wise and Douglas Fair show you how
to adapt control charts to a wide range of difficult and problematic areas.
This book is for students who want more mathematical details.
- Introduction to the Theory of
Nonparametric Statistics. Randles RH, Wolfe DA. New York, John Wiley
& Sons (1979). ISBN: 0-471-04245-5. Description: Ron Randles and Doug Wolfe
show you all the mathematical foundations of nonparametric tests. This book is
for students who want more mathematical details.
- An Introductory Guide to SPSS for Windows.
EL Einspruch (1998) Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 0-7619-0001-2.
Description: An excellent beginners book for the SPSS system.
J
- The Jackknife, the Bootstrap and Other
Resampling Plans. Efron B. Philadelphia PA: Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics (1982). ISBN: 0-89871-179-7. Description: Bradley Efron
gives you all the details you need to use the bootstrap, an important and
versatile tool for estimating bias and variability. This book is for students
who want more mathematical details.
K
L
- Logistic Regression: A Self-Learning Text.
David G. Kleinbaum (1994) New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN: 0-387-94142-8. This
book is cited in Category: Logistic
regression. Description: David Kleinbaum gives a slow and methodical
introduction to the basic building blocks of logistic regression. This book is
a gentle introduction to a specialized topic.
M
- Medical Uses of Statistics Second Edition.
John C. Bailar III and Frederick Mosteller (1992) Boston, Massachusetts: NEJM
Books. Description: A wonderful introduction to the Statistics written
entirely from a medical perspective.
- Measure, Topology, and Fractal Geometry.
Gerald A. Edgar (1990) New York: Springer-Verlag. Description: Coming soon!
- Modeling Frequency and Count Data.
Lindsey JK. London England: Oxford University Press (1995). ISBN:
0-19-852331-9. This book is cited in
Category: Logistic regression, Category:
Poisson regression. Description: This books presumes that you are
already familar with the Generalized Linear Model, and proceeds to show you
how to apply these models for a fascinating range of data sets. This book is
for students who want more mathematical details.
- Multiple Comparisons. Theory and Methods.
Hsu JC. London England, Chapman & Hall (1996). ISBN: 0-412-98281-1.
Description: Jason Hsu has provided a comprehensive guide to the complex
statistical issues involved when you are comparing more than two treatments to
one another. This is an area full of controversies and misconceptions. This
book contains some very recent developments in the area, including multiple
comparisons with the best treatment. This book is for students who want more
mathematical details.
N
- Nonparametric Statistical Methods.
Myles Hollander and Douglas A. Wolfe (1999) New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Description: This is a comprehensive and easy to follow guide to
nonparametric statistics. This book is a gentle introduction to a specialized
topic.
O
P
- Practical Statistics for Medical Research.
Douglas G. Altman (1991) London: Chapman & Hall. Description: A good
general overview of statistics with a lot of emphasis on practical
applications. This book is good for someone looking for an introduction to
statistics.
- Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning
Dissertations and Grant Proposals (Third Edition). Lawrence F. Locke,
Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, Stephen J. Silverman (1993) Newbury Park, CA: Sage
Publications. This book is cited in Category: Grant
writing. Description: Coming soon!
Q
R
- Resampling Methods: A Practical Guide
to Data Analysis. Good PI. Boston MA: Birkhauser (1999). ISBN:
0-8176-4091-6. Description: Phillip Good gives a simple introduction to
permutation tests, the bootstrap, and other computer intensive approaches that
avoid some of the problems of small sample sizes and non-normality. This book
is a gentle introduction to a specialized topic.
- Research: Some Ground Rules. Lumley JSP
and Benjamin W (1994) Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0-19-854822-2.
Description: This book provides practical advice on how to conduct a
research study. This includes issues like handling of radioactive materials
and the structure of a research report. This book has very few if any
mathematical formulas.
- Research Design Qualitative & Quantitative
Approaches. Creswell JW (1994) London: Sage
Publications. ISBN: 0-8039-5255-4. Description: This book explains the
differences between quantitative and qualitative research and helps you decide
which approach is best for your research study. This book has very few if any
mathematical formulas.
S
- Sample Size Methodology. Desu MM,
Raghavaro D. (1990) Boston MA: Academic Press (1990). ISBN: 0-12-212165-1.
Description: This book provides all the formulas behind the power and
sample size calculations. This book is for students who want more mathematical
details.
- Sampling of Populations: Methods and
Applications. Levy PS and Lemeshow S (1991). New York, John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. ISBN: 0-471-50822-5. Description: Paul Levy and Stanley Lemeshow
offer a thorough introduction to the various types of sampling with formulas
for estimating precision. This book is for students who want more mathematical
details.
- Signal Processing with Fractals A Wavelet-Based
Approach. Gregory W. Wornell (1996) Upper Saddle River, New Jersey:
Prentice Hall. Description: Coming soon!
- Simultaneous Statistical Inference,
Second Edition. Miller RG. New York, Springer-Verlag (1981). ISBN:
0-387-90548-0. Description: Rupert Miller provides formulas and tables for
a variety of multiple comparisons adjustment. The first chapter discusses some
of the philosophical issues. This book is for students who want more
mathematical details.
- SPC for the Rest of Us: A Personal Path to
Statistical Control. Hy Pitt (1994) Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 0-201-56366-5. This book is cited in
Category: Control charts. Description: Hy
Pitt provides a good foundation in probability and statistics as the basis for
using control charts. This book is a gentle introduction to a specialized
topic.
- SPSS 12.0 Guide to Data Analysis. Marija
Norusis. Description: I have not read this book, but it comes highly
recommended in the
Fall 2004
newsletter of the
Teaching of
Statistics in the Health Sciences Section of the
American Statistical Association. The
review was written by Daniel W. Byrne. Here's the opening paragraph of the
review. Those who teach statistics in the health sciences are often asked to
recommend �a good introductory statistics book�. This request is frequently
made by physician/colleagues attempting to learn both data analysis and
statistical software. Since it is unlikely that these busy professionals will
have time and motivation to read both a statistics textbook and a statistical
software manual, there is need for a book that combines the two. In my
opinion, Marija Norusis� book �SPSS� 12.0 Guide to Data Analysis� fills this
niche better than any of the competing books. For the past 15 years, I have
been recommending this book and have received positive feedback from my
colleagues and students. Category: SPSS
software
- Statistics, Third Edition Freedman D,
Pisani R, and Purves R. New York NY: W.W. Norton and Company (1998). ISBN:
0-393-97083-3. Description: A very thorough introduction to basic
statistical methods. This book has some fascinating examples of how Statistics
affects the real world. This book is good for someone looking for an
introduction to statistics.
- Statistics: A Bayesian Perspective.
Berry DA. Belmont, CA, Duxbury. Description: I don't have this book yet,
but it comes highly recommended. I'll add more details when this book arrives.
This book is for students who want more mathematical details.
- Statistics as Principled Argument.
Abelson, R. P. (1995) Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
ISBN: 0805805281.
[BookFinder4U link]. Description: There is a wealth of wisdom in this
book. The theme of this book is that Statistics provides basic principles to
argue (debate might be a nicer word) about scientific claims. In the first
chapter, Dr. Abelson argues that a persuasive argument has to have
MAGIC--Magnitude, Articulation, Generality, Interestingness, and Credibility.
Then he describes probability and randomness, illustrates common fallacies
about probability, and shows how these principles can be applied to research
findings. Chapter 5, On Suspecting Fishiness, describes some wonderful
examples of strange numbers that might indicate fraud. This chapter is
especially valuable because it is so rarely covered. The remaining chapters
describe the MAGIC components of a persuasive argument with frequent citations
of real research. This book is more conceptual than computational, which fits
in with one of Abelson's Laws "Don't talk Greek if you don't know the English
translation." Category: Critical appraisal
- Statistics: Concepts and Controversies Third
Edition. Moore DS (1991) New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. ISBN:
0-7167-2199-6. Description: A Liberal Arts introduction to Statistics which
focuses on concepts and ideas and not on the mathematical aspects. An
excellent book for someone who wants to be a more intelligent consumer of
statistics as they are presented in the media. This book is good for someone
looking for an introduction to statistics.
- Statistical Computing.
Kennedy WJ, Gentle JE.. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker (1980). ISBN:
0-8247-6898-1. Description: William Kennedy and James Gentle show all the
computational details behind the statistical software. If you want to program
statistical methods from scratch, this is a good reference book to have. There
are a lot of subtle issues involving efficiency and numerical stability that
you should worry about whenever you want to "roll your own" statistical
methods. This book is for students who want more mathematical details.
- Statistical Distributions, Second
Edition. Evans M, Hastings N, Peacock B. New York NY: John Wiley and
Sons (1993). ISBN: 0-471-55951-2. Description: If you need to understand
the mathematical foundations of the normal or Poisson distribution, this is a
good place to start. It provides information about the characteristic function
and the moments. The authors provide nice graphs of the distribution for
various parameters, as well as relationships among the distributions. This
book is for students who want more mathematical details.
- Statistical Intervals. A Guide for
Practitioners. Hahn GJ, Meeker WQ. New York NY: John Wiley and Sons
(1991). ISBN: 0-471-88769-2. Description: Gerald Hahn and William Meeker
discuss two important alternatives to the confidence interval: the tolerance
interval and the prediction interval. These intervals are useful when you wish
to characterize a specified fraction of your population (tolerance interval)
or if you want to predict one or more future individual observations
(prediction interval). The authors do an excellent job outlining when to use
which type of interval and they provide formulas for a variety of cases. This
book is for students who want more mathematical details.
- Statistical Methods for Health
Sciences. Shoukri MM, Edge VL. (1996). Boca Raton FL: CRC Press, Inc.
ISBN: 0-8493-7644-0. Description: Mohamed Shoukri and Victoria Edge give
you some very nice material on measures of agreement that are difficult to
find elsewhere. This book is for students who want more mathematical details.
- Statistical Methods for Rates and
Proportions. Second Edition. Fleiss JL. New York NY: John Wiley and Sons
(1981). ISBN: 0-471-06428-9. This book is cited in
Category: Logistic regression.
Description: Joseph Fleiss likes to use a continuity correction in all his
formulas, a controversial practice that I happen to disagree with. But I still
use this book a lot, especially for highly specialized topics that are hard to
find elsewhere. This book is for students who want more mathematical details.
- Statistical Methods for the Analysis of
Biomedical Data. Robert F. Woolson (1987) New York: John Wiley & Sons.
ISBN: 0-471-80615-3. Description: Robert Woolson takes you from very
basic statistics through regression, analysis of variance, and survival
curves. This book is good for someone looking for an introduction to
statistics.
- Structural Equations with Latent
Variables. Bollen KA. New York NY: John Wiley and Sons (1989). ISBN:
0-471-01171-1. Description: Ken Bollen has written the classic introduction
to Structural Equations Modelling, which is also known as path analysis,
causal analysis, and LISREL models. SEM is a flexible method that allows you
to account for measurement error and estimate latent (hidden) factors in your
data. You should probably have a good working knowledge of simple linear
regression models and factor analysis before you tackle something like SEM.
This book is for students who want more mathematical details.
- Studying a Study and Testing a Test: How to
Read the Health Science Literature Third Edition. Riegelman RK and Hirsch
RP (1996) Boston: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN: 0-316-74521-9. Description:
A nice introduction to the critical review of medical research. This book
has very few if any mathematical formulas.
- The Survey Research Handbook Second Edition
Guidelines and Strategies for Conducting a Survey. Pamela L. Alreck,
Settle, Robert B. (1995) Chicago, IL: Irwin Professional Publishing.
Description: A very practical reference on surveys with a lot of emphasis
on planning. This book has very few if any mathematical formulas.
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- Transformation and Weighting in
Regression. Carroll RJ, Ruppert D. New York, NY: Chapman and Hall
(1988). ISBN: 0-412-01421-1. Description: Raymond Carroll and David Ruppert
address the difficult problem of what you should do when the variances in a
regression model are not all the same. This book is for students who want more
mathematical details.
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- Understanding Statistical Process Control.
Donald J Wheeler, David S Chambers (1992)
[BookFinder4U
link] This book is cited in Category:
ControlCharts. Description: Donald Wheeler and David Chambers provide
all the details for someone who uses control charts on a regular basis. They
offer lots of practical advice. This book is a gentle introduction to a
specialized topic.
- Understanding Variation: The Key to
Managing Chaos. Donald J. Wheeler (1993) Knoxville, TN: SPC Press Inc.
ISBN: 0-945320-35-3. This book is cited in
Category: Control charts. Description: An insightful introduction about
variation in business processes, how to identify it and how to control it. A
must read for anyone working on improving quality in work processes. This book
has very few if any mathematical formulas.
- Using R for Introductory Statistics. John
Verzani (2005). Boca Raton FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC.
[BookFinder4U
link] This book is cited in Category: R software
. Description: This book provides a general introduction to statistics and
incorporates examples in R throughout the text.
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- Writing Grant Proposals That Win. Phale D.
Hale, Jr. (1997) Alexandria, Virginia: Capital Publications Inc. This book is
cited in Category: Grant writing. Description:
Coming soon!
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