This book is directed towards graduate students to introduce them to statistical thinking and act as a basis for their statistical research methodology. It takes the reader from the foundations of statistical techniques through to a level of advanced statistical analysis. It also touches on statistical packages that are essential for any statistical analysis. For this the book presents some SAS procedures, with the understanding that a more deeper knowledge of any statistical package is essential to support the analytical portion of the research. Computers are so essential in today's statistical methods and analysis.
