• Contains over 2,000 jargon-free entries
• Includes over 200 biographies of key figures in statistics
• Web links for many entries, accessible via the Dictionary of Statistics companion website
• Many illustrative examples, giving entries a practical context
• Multi-disciplinary coverage: useful to students of many subjects, including statistics, economics, politics, medicine, and mathematics
• Includes appendices of mathematical and statistical notation, and statistical tables

New to this edition

• Revised and updated content
• Entry-level web links updated via the Dictionary of Statistics companion website

Readership: Students of statistics and related disciplines featuring statistical material, such as mathematics and politics. Also relevant to professionals in business, and for those in industries such as market research, economics and pharmaceuticals.

Graham Upton, University of Essex, and Ian Cook, Formerly of the University of Essex

Review(s) from previous edition

"this gem of statistical terms is highly recommended to users of statistics at all levels - Significance (the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society), June 05

Preface
Abbreviations in biographies
Dictionary
Appendices
Statistical Notation
Mathematical Notation
Greek Letters
Cumulative Probabilities for the Binomial Distribution
Cumulative Probabilities for the Poisson Distribution
Upper-Tail Percentage Points for the Standard Normal Distribution
The Standard Normal Distribution Function
Percentage Points for the t-Distribution
Percentage Points for the F-Distribution
Percentage Points for the Chi-Squared Distribution
Critical Values for Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
Critical Values for Kendall
Critical Values for the Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, r
Pseudo-Random Numbers
Selected Landmarks in the Development of Statistics
Honours and Awards
Further Reference