Understanding significance testing

by Lawrence B. Mohr

Paperback, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

QA 277 .M63 1990 c.1

Series

Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences (73)

Tags

Sage Little Green Book

Collection

Beaver Conference Room

Publication

Newbury Park, Calif. ; London : Sage, c1990.

Description

Significance testing - a core technique in statistics for hypothesis testing - is introduced in this volume. Mohr first reviews what is meant by sampling and probability distributions and then examines in-depth normal and t-tests of significance. The uses and misuses of significance testing are also explored.

Physical description

76 p.; 22 cm

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