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Probability and Statistics for Physical Sciences
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Brian, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physical sciences.
- Probabilities.
- Statistical physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition
- Place of Publication:
- Elsevier Science & Technology 2023
- Summary:
- Probability and Statistics for Physical Sciences, Second Edition is an accessible guide to commonly used concepts and methods in statistical analysis used in the physical sciences. This brief yet systematic introduction explains the origin of key techniques, providing mathematical background and useful formulas. The text does not assume any background in statistics and is appropriate for a wide-variety of readers, from first-year undergraduate students to working scientists across many disciplines.
- Contents:
- Front Cover PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES 1 - Statistics, experiments, and data 2 - Probability 3 - Probability distributions I: Basic concepts 4 - Probability distributions II: Examples 5 - Sampling and estimation 6 - Sampling distributions associated with the normal distribution 7 - Parameter estimation I: Maximum likelihood and minimum variance 8 - Parameter estimation II: Least-squares and other methods 9 - Interval estimation 10 - Hypothesis testing I: Parameters 11 - Hypothesis testing II: Other tests A - Miscellaneous mathematics B - Optimization of nonlinear functions1 C - Statistical tables D - Answers to selected problems
- ISBN:
- 0-443-18970-6
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