01149nam a22002057i 4500008004100000020002100041040000800062082001500070100002300085245010400108250002000212260004800232300009100280336003400371337003000405338003200435500002100467520044000488650001500928230720s1998    |||ado|| |||| 001 0 eng d  a0534263461qhbk.  aGCL  a519.5bKIT1 aKitchens, Larry J.1 aExploring statistics : ba modern introduction to data analysis and inference /cLarry J. Kitchens.  aSecond edition.  aPacific Grove, CA :bDuxbury Press, c1998.  a xv, 940 pages : billustrations (some color) ; c25 cm + 1 computer disc (3 1/2 in.).  atext       btxt 2rdacontent  aunmediated bn 2rdamedia  a volume bnc  2rdacarrier   aincludes index.
  aModern statistics is about analysis and interpretation of data, rather than about calculations. Kitchens is about data analysis and interpretation. The books distinguishing aspect is its strong emphasis on data analysis. It features the computer and, to an exceptional degree, graphical data analysis. It also carries data analytic ideas throughout the book, including the chapters on inference, categorical data, regression and ANOVA.  aStatistics