Frequency Curves and Correlation

Reprinted here is the 1953 fourth edition of this textbook, containing a preface by the author.

William Palin Elderton (Author)

9781107601291, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 June 2011

290 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.37 kg

Originally published in 1906 by C. & E. Layton, Limited, this work, with its many later improvements, became a standard textbook on curve-fitting and was several times reissued. Reprinted here is the 1953 fourth edition of the book, published by Cambridge University Press, and containing a preface by the author, Sir William Elderton, in which he comments on the changes that he introduced.

1. Introductory
2. Frequency distributions
3. Method of moments
4. Pearson's system of frequency-curves
5. Calculation
6. Comparison of various systems of curves
7. Correlation
8. Theoretical distributions. Spurious correlation
9. Correlation of characters not quantitatively measurable
10. Standard errors
11. The test of goodness of fit
12. The correlation ration - contingency
13. Partial correlation
Appendices
Index
Folding table of curves.

Subject Areas: Probability & statistics [PBT]