> On 5 Sep 2003 10:13:01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am looking for a statistics book that would cover some in-depth > > statistical analysis that could be handy for laymen. > > > > I enjoyed my college statistics course as part of my computer > > information systems degree, and I would like to learn additional > > techniques that could be used in everyday situations (data quality > > analysis, fantasy football, consumer budgeting). > > > > Can anyone recommend a good book? >
Gee, I didn't know 'fantasy football' was an everyday situation. Guess I'm too far out of it. Seriously, I had a student who analyzed a computer football game to see how to maximize the number of wins for his team against the computer's team. He used a designed experiment with an orthogonal array format (properly done multiple regression, if your 'college statistics course' got that far), and was able to show that certain designs for his team (capabilities of individuals and groups) were more likely to win against whatever the computer selected. He also found a large amount of variation in outcome due to the computer's random variation function, buried inside the program. Translation: If you could work out a clear best way to configure a fantasy football team, you would win every time, and loose interest in the game and the next release of it. the difficulty with actually using the statistics that you learned, is that you have to think of a suitable question to answer. So what sort of problem/question do you want to resolve? Cheers, Jay -- Jay Warner Principal Scientist Warner Consulting, Inc. 4444 North Green Bay Road Racine, WI 53404-1216 USA Ph: (262) 634-9100 FAX: (262) 681-1133 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.a2q.com The A2Q Method (tm) -- What do you want to improve today? . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
