Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences: Confidence Intervals (Paperback)
Professor Michael Smithson
Sage Publications
9780761924999
0-7619-2499-X
Smithson first introduces the basis of the confidence interval framework and then provides the criteria for "best" confidence intervals, along with the trade-offs between confidence and precision. Next,.
read more…
using a reader-friendly style with lots of worked out examples from various disciplines, he covers such pertinent topics as: the transformation principle whereby a confidence interval for a parameter may be used to construct an interval for any monotonic transformation of that parameter; confidence intervals on distributions whose shape changes with the value of the parameter being estimated; and, the relationship between confidence interval and significance testing frameworks, particularly regarding power.
| BOOKSTORE | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{condition}} | {{price}} + {{shipping}} s/h | ||
| This book is currently reported out of stock for sale, but WorldCat can help you find it in your local library: | |||
| BOOKSTORE | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Used | 2.17 + 4.49 s/h | ||
| Used | 44.59 + 3.99 s/h | ||
| New | 77.54 + Free s/h | ||
| New | 163.99 + Free s/h | ||
| New | 179.40 + 3.50 s/h |