Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry (4th Edition) [Paperback]

James Miller (Author), Jane Miller (Author)

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Publication Date: November 18, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0130228885 | ISBN-13: 978-0130228888 | Edition: 4

This popular textbook gives a clear and lucid account of the underlying principles of statistical methods. The fourth edition has been revised and updated to reflect the growing popularity of statistics and chemometric methods and new approaches in optimization and experimental design. The authors have also addressed the quality of analytical chemistry data and experimental results, an area of increasing concern to chemists testing the safety of food and medicines.

This book will suit undergraduate, M.Sc. and graduate courses in Analytical Chemistry and related topics, and will also be valuable for researchers and chemists working in analytical chemistry everywhere.

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This popular textbook gives a clear and lucid account of the underlying principles of statistical methods. The fourth edition has been revised and updated to reflect the growing popularity of statistics and chemometric methods and new approaches in optimization and experimental design. The authors have also addressed the quality of analytical chemistry data and experimental results, an area of increasing concern to chemists testing the safety of food and medicines.

Key features of the new edition:

* Expanded material to create new chapters on "Experimental Design and Optimization" and "Multivariate Analysis"

* Completely new chapter on "The Quality of Analytical Measurements"

* Revised questions with complete solutions throughout the text

* Updated worked examples including calculations performed using Excel and Minitab

* Glossary and a flow sheet to guide readers in their choice of significance tests

Instructors' manual available.

This book will suit undergraduate, M.Sc. and graduate courses in Analytical Chemistry and related topics, and will also be valuable for researchers and chemists working in analytical chemistry everywhere.

Jane Miller works at the Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College in Leicester and has also written A'level Statistics texts. James Miller is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Loughborough University and President of the Analytical Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has published numerous reviews and papers on analytical techniques and is a former recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry's SAC Silver Medal and Theophilus Redwood Lecturer award. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of The Analyst, the Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, and Luminescence.

About the Author

Professor James Miller is Emeritus Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Loughborough University. He has published numerous reviews and papers on analytical techniques and been awarded the SAC Silver Medal, the Theophilus Redwood Lectureship and the SAC Gold Medal by the Royal Society of Chemistry. A Past President of the Analytical Division of the RSC, he is a former member of the Society's Council and has served on the editorial boards of many analytical and spectroscopic journals. Dr Jane Miller completed a PhD at Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory and is an experienced teacher of mathematics and physics at higher education and 6th form levels. She holds an MSc in Applied Statistics and is the author of several specialist A-level statistics texts. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (November 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130228885
• ISBN-13: 978-0130228888
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,279,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars I don't know this edition, but the 2nd Edition is great!, August 10, 2005

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This review is from: Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry (4th Edition) (Paperback)

I don't know this edition, but I think the 2nd edition is great! I'm a Ph.D. chemist, but wanted to learn more statistics, and learn it better. I found this book concise, and I thought the authors explained fundamental concepts and did so with admirable clarity. Me and many of my colleagues consider it our best reference on statistics!

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use, March 19, 2010

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This review is from: Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry (Paperback)

The book is very easy to read and guides you through the material logically and with examples.

4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful book!, November 6, 2007

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Michael H. (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry (4th Edition) (Paperback)

This is an excellent statistics book for chemists. It has good examples of data from chemical assays and provides relevant analysis of the data to illustrate the points. I work in the pharmaceutical industry and I use it all the time, to give myself a good, all-round understanding of statistics for chemistry. This book doesn't go into in-depth statistics, so if you need something more meaty, look elsewhere. Overall, I found this book to have everything I've needed. I recommend it highly.