{"title":"Statistics is Easy!","authors":"D. Shasha, Manda Wilson","doi":"10.2200/S00142ED1V01Y200807MAS001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2200/S00142ED1V01Y200807MAS001","url":null,"abstract":"Statistics is the activity of inferring results about a population given a sample. Historically, statistics books assume an underlying distribution to the data (typically, the normal distribution) and derive results under that assumption. Unfortunately, in real life, one cannot normally be sure of the underlying distribution. For that reason, this book presents a distribution-independent approach to statistics based on a simple computational counting idea called resampling. This book explains the basic concepts of resampling, then systematically presents the standard statistical measures along with programs (in the language Python) to calculate them using resampling, and finally illustrates the use of the measures and programs in a case study. The text uses junior high school algebra and many examples to explain the concepts. The ideal reader has mastered at least elementary mathematics, likes to think procedurally, and is comfortable with computers. Table of Contents: The Basic Idea / Bias Corrected Confidence Intervals / Pragmatic Considerations When Using Resampling / Terminology / The Essential Stats / Case Study: New Mexico's 2004 Presidential Ballots / References","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131632960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fixed Point Theory in Generalized Metric Spaces","authors":"E. Karapınar, R. Agarwal","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-14969-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14969-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122895581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical Exploration of Fourier Transform and Fourier Series","authors":"Sujaul Chowdhury, Abdullah Al Sakib","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-34664-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34664-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115338309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantum Tools for Macroscopic Systems","authors":"F. Bagarello, F. Gargano, F. Oliveri","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-30280-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30280-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117107414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applied Stochastic Modeling","authors":"Liliana Blanco-Castañeda, V. Arunachalam","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-31282-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31282-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128463851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monte Carlo Methods Utilizing Mathematica®","authors":"S. Chowdhury","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-23294-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23294-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132744768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations","authors":"D. Arrigo","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-22087-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22087-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129732628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Calculus: A Modeling and Computational Thinking Approach","authors":"E. Stade, Elisabeth Stade","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-24681-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24681-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125825109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geodesic Beams in Eigenfunction Analysis","authors":"Y. Canzani, J. Galkowski","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-31586-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31586-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124104154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Boundary Value Problems","authors":"S. Georgiev","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-38200-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38200-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":388532,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics","volume":"149 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114248203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}