Practitioner Good gives readers the option to use their pick of software in working through this elementary text on resampling, a technique which has become more prevalent with the advent of more desktop computing power. He covers variation (including drawing a random sample), probability (including conditional probability and an interesting application in genetics), distributions, testing hypothesis, designing an experiment or survey, analyzing complex experiments, developing models, reporting results and problem solving. Good has designed this text for either classroom use or self-study. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
More Reviews and RecommendationsPHILLIP I. GOOD, PHD, is Operations Manager of Information Research, a consulting firm specializing in statistical solutions for private and public organizations. He has published more than thirty scholarly works, more than 600 articles, and fourteen books, including Common Errors in Statistics (and How to Avoid Them) and A Manager's Guide to the Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials, both from Wiley.