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Sensitivity, specificity, odds ratio, and relative risk Types of data and scales of measurement Measures of central tendency and dispersion Inferential statistics Students s t-distribution Comparing means Comparing more than two means Regression and correlation Nonparametric tests The x2-test Clinical trials INTRODUCTION... 

If you are a statistics student or a professional statistician, my advice would be to put this book down now You will probably find its dismissive attitude towards the mathematical basis of your trade extremely irritating. Indeed, if at least one traditional statistician does not complain bitterly about this book, I shall be rather disappointed. 

Many Statistics students have suffered immensely over the years by having to solve classical probability problems. Marilyn vos Savant (1997) stumped many readers with the following classical probability problem ... 

Statistic Student s t test for the residual or the difference between the NIR analysis and the primary wet chennical analysis for any sample. 

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The mean energy release rate in J/m (Tmean) is then calculated according to Eqn (12.3) using the individual results of all tests, while the 95% lower confidence limit (ylcl) is computed using Eqn (12.4). a is the variance of measurement of pressure, calculated using Eqn (12.5). ty is the statistical Student s f-value and is based on a two-sided 0.025 level of significance, that is, 95% lower confidence limit. 

In this experiment students standardize a solution of HGl by titration using several different indicators to signal the titration s end point. A statistical analysis of the data using f-tests and F-tests allows students to compare results obtained using the same indicator, with results obtained using different indicators. The results of this experiment can be used later when discussing the selection of appropriate indicators. 

In this experiment students measure the length of a pestle using a wooden meter stick, a stainless-steel ruler, and a vernier caliper. The data collected in this experiment provide an opportunity to discuss significant figures and sources of error. Statistical analysis includes the Q-test, f-test, and F-test. 

Paselk, R. A. An Experiment for Introducing Statistics to Students of Analytical and Glinical Ghemistry, /. Chem. 

In this experiment students synthesize basic copper(ll) carbonate and determine the %w/w Gu by reducing the copper to Gu. A statistical analysis of the results shows that the synthesis does not produce GUGO3, the compound that many predict to be the product (although it does not exist). Results are shown to be consistent with a hemihydrate of malachite, Gu2(0H)2(G03) I/2H2O, or azurite, GU3(0H)2(G03)2. 

Vitha, M. F. Carr, P. W. A Laboratory Exercise in Statistical Analysis of Data, /. Chem. Educ. 1997, 74, 998-1000. Students determine the average weight of vitamin E pills using several different methods (one at a time, in sets of ten pills, and in sets of 100 pills). The data collected by the class are pooled together, plotted as histograms, and compared with results predicted by a normal distribution. The histograms and standard deviations for the pooled data also show the effect of sample size on the standard error of the mean. 

In Chaps. 5 and 6 we shall examine the distribution of molecular weights for condensation and addition polymerizations in some detail. For the present, our only concern is how such a distribution of molecular weights is described. The standard parameters used for this purpose are the mean and standard deviation of the distribution. Although these are well-known quantities, many students are familiar with them only as results provided by a calculator. Since statistical considerations play an important role in several aspects of polymer chemistry, it is appropriate to digress into a brief examination of the statistical way of describing a distribution. 

Chemistry can be divided (somewhat arbitrarily) into the study of structures, equilibria, and rates. Chemical structure is ultimately described by the methods of quantum mechanics equilibrium phenomena are studied by statistical mechanics and thermodynamics and the study of rates constitutes the subject of kinetics. Kinetics can be subdivided into physical kinetics, dealing with physical phenomena such as diffusion and viscosity, and chemical kinetics, which deals with the rates of chemical reactions (including both covalent and noncovalent bond changes). Students of thermodynamics learn that quantities such as changes in enthalpy and entropy depend only upon the initial and hnal states of a system consequently thermodynamics cannot yield any information about intervening states of the system. It is precisely these intermediate states that constitute the subject matter of chemical kinetics. A thorough study of any chemical reaction must therefore include structural, equilibrium, and kinetic investigations. 

It is important that students be aware of how thetmochcmica properties arise from the energetics of vibrational frequencies. This connection i.s based upon partitioning the total energy of a macro.scopic system among the constituent molecules. Nash s Elements of Statistical Thermodyraunks provides an excellent discussion of the mathematical details of this tran.s formation. 

Worse was to come. Boltzmann in 1872 made the same weird statistical equality hold for every mode in a dynamical system. It must, for example, apply to any internal motions that molecules might have. Assuming, as most physicists did by then, that the sharp lines seen in the spectra of chemical elements originate in just such internal motions, any calculation now of Cp/C would yield a figure even lower than 1.333. Worse yet, as Maxwell shatteringly remarked to one student, equipartition must apply to solids and liquids as well as gases Boltzmann has proved too much. ... 

The t (Student s t) distribution is an unbounded distribution where the mean is zero and the variance is v/(v - 2), v being the scale parameter (also called degrees of freedom ). As v -> < , the variance —> 1 (standard normal distribution). A t table such as Table 1-19 is used to find values of the t statistic where... 

If fondly recall the first day of an introductory graduate statistical mechanics class. As our instructor walked into the class saying something entirely appropriate like So, are we all ready for a lesson in quantum field theory today , he was of course met with a room-full of blank stares (even a few - later embarrassed - behind-the-back giggles). As first-year graduate students we had unfortunately not yet developed the requisite maturity to appreciate the profound link that exists between statistical mechanics and modern field theory. I resolved to never again be as quick to dismiss any obvious disparity or seeming disconnectedness between two subjects. 

This volume also contains four appendices. The appendices give the mathematical foundation for the thermodynamic derivations (Appendix 1), describe the ITS-90 temperature scale (Appendix 2), describe equations of state for gases (Appendix 3), and summarize the relationships and data needed for calculating thermodynamic properties from statistical mechanics (Appendix 4). We believe that they will prove useful to students and practicing scientists alike. 

All results were evaluated using the Student t-test, at the 5 % level of statistical significance. 

Textbooks and courses in general statistics are easily accessible to students of chemistry, physics, biology, and related sciences. Some of the more or less explicitly stated assumptions that one often comes across are the following ... 

Step-by-Step Basic Statistics Using SAS Student... 

A question that often arises is how large a difference in IC50 between two compounds is considered significant. This can be addressed statistically using a standard Student /-test (Spence et al 1976). 

Statistical analysis. Values are given as the mean SEM. Data are represented as averages of independent experiments, performed in duplicate or triplicate. Statistical analyses were done using the Student s t-test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. 

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