Applied Statistics: Handbook of GENSTAT Analysis by E.J. Snell (English) Hardcov

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GENSTAT is a general purpose statistical computing system with a flexible command language operating on a variety of data structures. It may be used on a number of computer ranges, either interactively for exploratory data analysis, or in batch mode for standard data analysis. The great flexibility of GENSTAT is demonstrated in this handbook by analysing the wide range of examples discussed in Applied Statistics - Principles and Examples (Cox and Snell, 1981). GENSTAT programs are listed for each of the examples. Most of the data sets are small but often it is these seemingly small problems which involve the most tricky statistical and computational procedures. This handbook is self-contained although for a full description of the analysis and interpretation it should be used in parallel with Applied Statistics - Principles and Examples.

Author Biography

Snell\, E. J.; Simpson\, H.

Table of Contents

Part 1 An introduction to the Genstat statistical package. Part 2 Examples: admissions to the intensive care unit; intervals between adjacent births; statistical aspects of literary style; temperature distribution in a chemical reactor; a "before and after" study of blood pressure; comparison of industrial processes in the presence of trend; cost of construction of nuclear power plants; effect of process and purity index on fault occurrence; growth of bones from chick embryos; factorial experiment on cycles to failure of worsted yarn; factorial experiment on diets for chickens; binary preference data for detergent use; fertilizer experiment on growth of cauliflowers; subjective preference data on soap pads; atomic weight of iodine; multifactor experiment on a nutritive medium; strength of cotton yarn; biochemical experiment on the blood of mice; voltage regulator performance; intervals between the failure of air-conditioning equipment in aircraft; survival times of leukemia patients; a retrospective study with binary data; housing and associated factors; educational plans of Wisconsin schoolboys.

Review

"...will prove helpful to those interested in getting a clear idea of the main Genstat features and also a computing reference for statistical students."-Statistics

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