Die Schweiz

An Introduction to the theory of statistics

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Identifikator:: 1008917265

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-19129

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Author:: Flückiger, Otto http://d-nb.info/gnd/117736708

Title:: Die Schweiz

Edition:: Zweite Auflage

Place of publication:: Zürich

Publisher:: Druck und Verlag von Schultheß & Co.

Year of publication:: 1914

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 243 Seiten)

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416 THEORY OF STATISTICS. lengths of mother- and daughter- ing of, 220-225; of binomial frond, 185-187. series, 299; standard error of, Lexis, W., use of term ‘ precision,” 334-350, (refs.) 355, 395. 144. Refs., Theorie der Massen-- Mean deviation. See Deviation, erschetnungen, 273 ; Abhandlungen mean. zur Theorie der Bevilkerungs- und. — error, 144. See Error, standard ; Moralstatistik, 273, 361. Deviation, standard. Linearity of regression, test for, — geometric, 108; generally, 123- 205-206, 352; refs. 391. See also 128 ; def., 123 ; calculation, 124 ; Correlation-ratio. less than arithmetic mean, 123 ; Lipps, G. F.. refs., measures of difference from arithmetic mean dependence (association, correla- in terms of dispersion, (qu. 8) 156 ; tion, contingency, etec.), 40; of series compounded of others, Fechner’s Kollektivmasslehre, 129, 124 ; of series of ratios or pro- 360. ducts, 124; in estimating inter- Little, W., data as to agricultural censal populations, 125-126 ; con- labourers’ earnings cited from, venience for index-numbers, 126— 137. 127 ; use on ground that devia- Lloyd, W. E., refs., error in soil tions vary with absolute magni- survey, 396. tude, 127-128 ; weighting of, 225. Lobelia, application of theory off — harmonic, 108; generally, 128- sampling to certain data, 269-270, 129 ; def., 128 ; calculation, 128; 272. is less than arithmetic and geo- Logarithmic increase of population, metric means, 129; difference 125-126 ; logarithmic mode, 128. from arithmetic mean in terms of Lyon, T. L., refs., errors of agri- dispersion, (qu. 9) 156; use in cultural experiment, 396. averaging prices if index-numbers, 129 ; in theory of sampling, when MACALISTER, Sir DoNALD, ref., law numbers in samples vary, 264-265. of geometric mean, 130, 314. — square error, 144. Macdonell, W. R., data cited from,’ — weighted, 220-225; def., 220; 84, 90. difference between weighted and March, L., refs., correlation, 208; unweighted means, 221-223 ; ap- index-numbers, 390, 391. plication of weighting to correc- Marriage-rate and trade, correlation tion of death-rates, ete., for age- of movements, 199-201. and sex-distribution, 223-225 ; Marshall, A., Money Credit and Com- refs., 226. merce, ref., 391. Median, 108; generally, 116-120 ; Maxwell, Clerk, use of word ‘ sta- def., 116; indeterminate in cer- tistical,” 4. tain cases, 116-117 ; unsuited to Mean, arithmetic, generally, 108- discontinuous observations and 116; def., 108-109; nature of, small series, 116-117 ; calculation 109 ; calculation of, for a grouped of, 117 ; graphical determination distribution, 109-113; influence of, 118; comparison with arith- of grouping, 113-114, 115, 116; metic mean, 119; advantages in position relatively to mode and special cases, 119-120 ; slight in- median, 121-122, (refs.) 390; dia- fluence of outlying values on, 120 ; grams, 113, 114; sum of devia- position relatively to mean and tions from, is zero, 114 ; of series mode, 121-122, diagrams, 113, compounded of others, 115; of 114, (refs.) 387; weighting of, sum or difference, 115-116 ; com- 225 ; standard error of, 337-341. parison with median, 119; sum- Meitzen, P. A., refs., Geschichle, mary comparison with median and Theorie wnd Technik der Statistik, 6. mode, mean is the best for all. Mendelian breeding experiments as oeneral purposes, 122-123 ; weight- illustrations, 37, 38, 128, 264-265, 0

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