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THECAMBRIDGEDICTIONARYOFSTATISTICS

FOURTHEDITION

If you work with data and need easy access to clear, reliable denitions and explanations of

modern statistical and statistics-related concepts, then look no further than this dictionary.

Nearly 4000 terms are dened, covering medical, survey, theoretical and applied statistics,

including computational and graphical aspects. Entries are provided for standard and

specialized statistical software. In addition, short biographies of over 100 important statis-

ticians are given. De nitions provide enough mathematical detail to clarify concepts and

give standard formulae when these are helpful. The majority of de nitions then give a

reference to a book or article where the user can seek further or more specialized informa-

tion, and many are accompanied by graphical material to aid understanding.

B. S. EVERITT is Professor Emeritus of King

s College London. He is the author of

almost 60 books on statistics and computing, including Medical Statistics from A to Z,

also from Cambridge University Press.

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A. SKRONDAL is Senior Statistician in the Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute

of Public Health and Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Mathematics, University

of Oslo. Previous positions include Professor of Statistics and Director of The Methodology

Institute at the London School of Economics.

THE

CAMBRIDGEDICTIONARY

Statistics

Fourth Edition

B. S. EVERITT

Institute of Psychiatry, King ’ s College London

A. SKRONDAL

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo