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This chapter gives a basic introduction to the statistical concepts needed for the subsequent chapters, including probability, hypothesis testing, statistical significance, confidence intervals, Monte Carlo simulation and Bayes theorem. Some problems and caveats are pointed out.
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This is mostly taken from Bernstein (1996), Daniel (1998), Fenton (2013), Gullberg (1997), Sterne (2001).
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For example in (Internet33).
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Author's translation.
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I use C for with Child rather than P for Pregnant to avoid confusion with the P for Probability.
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Shepherd, A. (2021). Statistical Methods. In: Let’s Calculate Bach. Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63769-9_7
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