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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview.html"> Overview of Distributions</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/headers.html"> Headers |
| and Namespaces</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/objects.html"> Distributions |
| are Objects</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/generic.html"> Generic |
| operations common to all distributions are non-member functions</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/complements.html"> |
| Complements are supported too - and when to use them</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/parameters.html"> |
| Parameters can be calculated</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/summary.html"> Summary</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg.html"> Worked Examples</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/dist_construct_eg.html"> |
| Distribution Construction Example</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg.html"> Student's |
| t Distribution Examples</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/tut_mean_intervals.html"> |
| Calculating confidence intervals on the mean with the Students-t distribution</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/tut_mean_test.html"> |
| Testing a sample mean for difference from a "true" mean</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/tut_mean_size.html"> |
| Estimating how large a sample size would have to become in order to give |
| a significant Students-t test result with a single sample test</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/two_sample_students_t.html"> |
| Comparing the means of two samples with the Students-t test</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/paired_st.html"> |
| Comparing two paired samples with the Student's t distribution</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/cs_eg.html"> Chi Squared |
| Distribution Examples</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/cs_eg/chi_sq_intervals.html"> |
| Confidence Intervals on the Standard Deviation</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/cs_eg/chi_sq_test.html"> |
| Chi-Square Test for the Standard Deviation</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/cs_eg/chi_sq_size.html"> |
| Estimating the Required Sample Sizes for a Chi-Square Test for the Standard |
| Deviation</a></span></dt> |
| </dl></dd> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/f_eg.html"> F Distribution |
| Examples</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg.html"> Binomial |
| Distribution Examples</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binomial_coinflip_example.html"> |
| Binomial Coin-Flipping Example</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binomial_quiz_example.html"> |
| Binomial Quiz Example</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binom_conf.html"> |
| Calculating Confidence Limits on the Frequency of Occurrence for a Binomial |
| Distribution</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binom_size_eg.html"> |
| Estimating Sample Sizes for a Binomial Distribution.</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg.html"> Negative |
| Binomial Distribution Examples</a></span></dt> |
| <dd><dl> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/neg_binom_conf.html"> |
| Calculating Confidence Limits on the Frequency of Occurrence for the |
| Negative Binomial Distribution</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/neg_binom_size_eg.html"> |
| Estimating Sample Sizes for the Negative Binomial.</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/negative_binomial_example1.html"> |
| Negative Binomial Sales Quota Example.</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/negative_binomial_example2.html"> |
| Negative Binomial Table Printing Example.</a></span></dt> |
| </dl></dd> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/normal_example.html"> Normal |
| Distribution Examples</a></span></dt> |
| <dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/normal_example/normal_misc.html"> |
| Some Miscellaneous Examples of the Normal (Gaussian) Distribution</a></span></dt></dl></dd> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/nccs_eg.html"> Non Central |
| Chi Squared Example</a></span></dt> |
| <dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/nccs_eg/nccs_power_eg.html"> |
| Tables of the power function of the χ<sup>2</sup> test.</a></span></dt></dl></dd> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/error_eg.html"> Error Handling |
| Example</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/find_eg.html"> Find Location |
| and Scale Examples</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/find_eg/find_location_eg.html"> |
| Find Location (Mean) Example</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/find_eg/find_scale_eg.html"> |
| Find Scale (Standard Deviation) Example</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/find_eg/find_mean_and_sd_eg.html"> |
| Find mean and standard deviation example</a></span></dt> |
| </dl></dd> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/nag_library.html"> Comparison |
| with C, R, FORTRAN-style Free Functions</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/c_sharp.html"> Using the |
| Distributions from Within C#</a></span></dt> |
| </dl></dd> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/variates.html"> Random Variates |
| and Distribution Parameters</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/dist_params.html"> Discrete Probability |
| Distributions</a></span></dt> |
| </dl></div> |
| <p> |
| This library is centred around statistical distributions, this tutorial will |
| give you an overview of what they are, how they can be used, and provides |
| a few worked examples of applying the library to statistical tests. |
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