scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1737518
This is an excellent book that is intended for practitioners of statistical science. According to the author, the intent is to stimulate thinking about designing and conducting a study, analyzing its data, and communicating its results. The necessary background for reading this book is a basic course in statistics. The book starts with basic statistical considerations about inference, assumptions and statistical processes. The next two chapters deal with sample size and covariation. Two areas of wide interest, epidemiology and environmental studies, are dealt with in chapters 4 and 5. The design of studies and the presentation of data are examined in chapters 6 and 7, respectively (these to chapters can be read independently of the rest of the book). The final chapter (chapter 8) deals with statistical consulting. The innovation of this book is that a justification for every rule sited is provided. The justification is based either on the implications of the statistical model or on practical experience. Every rule is examined under five different angles: introduction, statement of the rule, illustration, basis of the rule, and discussion and extensions. The phrase of Einstein, quoted on page 11 of the book (``Explanations of scientific phenomena should be as simple as possible, but not more simple), seems to summarize the philosophy and the orientation of the book. The fact that the chapter on consulting is based on the advise of Sir David Cox published in Liaison (the publication of the Statistical Society of Canada) is a good indication that the reader can benefit a lot by consulting this book. The use of statistics today in many different scientific disciplines and by many different scientists who not always have very advanced knowledge of statistics in handling data, makes books like this one not only useful but probably necessary in the literature. I find this book to be a welcome addition to the statistical literature.
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