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Frequency Curves and Correlation

Frequency Curves and Correlation

Frequency Curves and Correlation

Edition:
4th Edition
Author:
William Palin Elderton
Published:
June 2011
Availability:
Available
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781107601291

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    Originally published in 1906 by C. & E. Layton, Limited, this work, with its many later improvements, became a standard textbook on curve-fitting and was several times reissued. Reprinted here is the 1953 fourth edition of the book, published by Cambridge University Press, and containing a preface by the author, Sir William Elderton, in which he comments on the changes that he introduced.

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    June 2011
    Paperback
    9781107601291
    290 pages
    216 × 140 × 17 mm
    0.37kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introductory
    • 2. Frequency distributions
    • 3. Method of moments
    • 4. Pearson's system of frequency-curves
    • 5. Calculation
    • 6. Comparison of various systems of curves
    • 7. Correlation
    • 8. Theoretical distributions. Spurious correlation
    • 9. Correlation of characters not quantitatively measurable
    • 10. Standard errors
    • 11. The test of goodness of fit
    • 12. The correlation ration - contingency
    • 13. Partial correlation
    • Appendices
    • Index
    • Folding table of curves.
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    • William Palin Elderton