Understanding Significance Testing

by Lawrence B. Mohr, Michael S. Lewis-Beck (Introduction)

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.

80 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1990