
Probability and Statistics for Cereals and Grains
A Guide to Measurement and Analysis
- 1st Edition - March 21, 2023
- Author: Terry C Nelsen
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 7 2 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 6 3 5 - 9
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Probability and Statistics for Cereals and Grains: A Guide to Measurement and Analysis is a guide to help technical people be more efficient users of statistics. Author Terry C. Nelsen uses examples from his 35-plus years of experience in the field and presents the appropriate statistics and graphics to use when evaluating data. Researchers, academicians, students, technicians, processors, laboratory personnel, and those working in QA/QC will benefit from this much needed reference.
- Contains examples from actual experience in the field to illustrate approaches to problem- solving
- Features recommendations on which tests and graphs to use and what to look for in the results
- Presents considerations to direct readers to effective tools and practices and suggests ways to streamline their own evaluation and decision-making
- Includes an appendix that provides readers with datasets and graphs that relate to specific content in chapters
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1: Introduction
- Further reading
- Chapter Two: Measurement
- Abstract
- 2.1: Measurement as a process
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Three: Normal distribution
- Abstract
- 3.1: The normal distribution
- References
- Chapter Four: Means, medians, modes, and quartiles
- Abstract
- 4.1: Means
- References
- Chapter Five: Outliers
- Abstract
- 5.1: Attitudes about outliers
- References
- Chapter Six: Sampling
- Abstract
- 6.1: Introduction to sampling
- Reference
- Chapter Seven: Probability
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction to probability
- References
- Chapter Eight: Nonnormal distributions
- Abstract
- 8.1: Nonnormal distributions (Abnormals?)
- References
- Chapter Nine: Decisions and ANOVA
- Abstract
- 9.1: Decisions
- References
- Chapter Ten: Categorical data and chi-square
- Abstract
- 10.1: Categorical data
- References
- Chapter Eleven: Correlation
- Abstract
- 11.1: Pearson's correlation
- References
- Chapter Twelve: Regression
- Abstract
- 12.1: Regression
- References
- Chapter Thirteen: Measuring near zero (LOD, LOQ)
- Abstract
- 13.1: Measuring near zero
- References
- Chapter Fourteen: Efficient design of experiments (DOE)
- Abstract
- 14.1: DOE
- References
- Appendix
- Index
- No. of pages: 234
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 21, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publ. & Cereals & Grains Assoc. Bookstore
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323917247
- eBook ISBN: 9780323986359
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