Decision Support Using Nonparametric Statistics

by Warren Beatty

Purpose, Intended Audience, Scope The Decision Making A brief look at decision-making itself ​Section 1: Concepts Common to ALL Statistics1) Introduction to Variables; and an Introduction to Sampling, Sampling Error, and Margin of Error 2) Introduction to Probability, the Foundation of Statistics, and to Binomial Probability Section 2: The NonParametric Statistics Tools 3) One Population Hypothesis Nominal - Runs Test, Sign Test; Ordinal, Interval - Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test 4) Two Population Hypothesis Nominal - Sign Test, Chi-Square Contingency Table; Ordinal, Interval - Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, Mann-Whitney U Test 5) Three or More Population Hypothesis Nominal - Chi Square Contingency Table; Ordinal, Interval - Kruskall-Wallis Test 6) Nominal - Chi-Square Test of Association; Ordinal, Interval - Spearman's Rank Correlation Section 3: Appendices and Miscellaneous Appendix of Tables Used References for Chapters 3-6 OpenOffice OpenOffice Help and Compatibility with Excel Statistics Functions Spreadsheet A Quick & Dirty Spreadsheet Tutorial

140 pages, Paperback

Published January 20, 2018