Textbook for a methods course or reference for an experimenter who is mainly interested in data analyses rather than in the mathematical development of the procedures. Provides the most useful statistical techniques, not only for the normal distribution, but for other important distributions, such aTextbook for a methods course or reference for an experimenter who is mainly interested in data analyses rather than in the mathematical development of the procedures. Provides the most useful statistical techniques, not only for the normal distribution, but for other important distributions, such aPREFACE, 1. PROBABILISTIC MODELS, 2. BASIC STATISTICAL INFERENCE, 3. THE EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION, 4. THE WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION, 5. THE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION, 6. EXTREME-VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS, 7. THE LOGISTIC AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS, 8. GOODNESS-OF-FIT TESTS, 9. REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS, APPENDIXES, REFERENCES, INDEXUSCopyright ? 1991 by MARCEL DEKKER, INC.