How to Think Like a Mathematician：A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics

Thisbook,writtenbyanon-statisticianfornon-statisticians,emphasisesthepracticalapproachtothoseproblemsinstatisticswhichariseregularlyindataanalysissituationsinnuclearandhigh-energyphysicsexperiments.Ratherthanconcentratingonformalproofsoftheorems,anabundantuseofsimpleexamplesillustratesthegeneralideaswhicharepresented,showingthereaderhowtoobtainthemaximuminformationfromthedatainthesimplestmanner.Possibledifficultieswiththevarioustechniques,andpitfallstobeavoided,arealsodiscussed.BasedonaseriesoflecturesgivenbytheauthortobothstudentsandstaffatOxford,thiscommon-senseapproachtostatisticswillenablenuclearphysiciststounderstandbetterhowtodojusticetotheirdatainbothanalysisandinterpretation.