Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on notation
- 1 Decision
- 2 Probability
- 3 Statistics and expectations
- 4 Correlation and association
- 5 Hypothesis testing
- 6 Data modelling; parameter estimation
- 7 Detection and surveys
- 8 Sequential data – 1D statistics
- 9 Surface distribution – 2D statistics
- Appendix 1 The literature
- Appendix 2 Statistical tables
- References
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on notation
- 1 Decision
- 2 Probability
- 3 Statistics and expectations
- 4 Correlation and association
- 5 Hypothesis testing
- 6 Data modelling; parameter estimation
- 7 Detection and surveys
- 8 Sequential data – 1D statistics
- 9 Surface distribution – 2D statistics
- Appendix 1 The literature
- Appendix 2 Statistical tables
- References
- Index
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- Practical Statistics for Astronomers , pp. vii - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003