Title:
Elementary statistics
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Edition:
10th ed.
Publication Information:
Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2007
Physical Description:
1v + 2 CD-ROM
ISBN:
9780495017639
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Accompanied by compact disc : CP 7544
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Summary
Summary
Succeed in statistics with ELEMENTARY STATISTICS! Including relevant examples, exercises, and applications, this textbook gives you the tools you need to get a good grade in your statistics course. Struggling with a specific concept? Log onto Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING to get live, one-on-one online tutoring from a statistician who has a copy of the textbook. Video Skillbuilders and StatisticsNow (an online learning tool built around your individual progress that gives you a simple pre-test, and then focuses your learning experience on your studying needs) provide additional online support. Learning to use MINITAB, Excel, and the TI-83/84 graphing calculator is made easy with instructions included in relevant sections throughout the text.
Table of Contents
| Part I Descriptive Statistics |
| 1 Statistics |
| Americans, Here's Looking At You |
| What is Statistics? Measurability and Variability |
| Data Collection |
| Comparison of Probability and Statistics |
| Statistics and Technology |
| 2 Descriptive Analysis and Presentation of Single-Variable Data |
| You and the Internet |
| Graphical Presentation of Data |
| Graphs, Pareto Diagrams, and Stem-And-Leaf Displays |
| Frequency Distributions and Histograms |
| Numerical Descriptive Statistics |
| Measures of Central Tendency |
| Measures of Dispersion |
| Measures of Position |
| Interpreting and Understanding Standard Deviation |
| The Art of Statistical Deception |
| Mean and Standard Deviation of Frequency Distribution (Optional) |
| 3 Descriptive Analysis and Presentation of Bivariate Data |
| The Kid is All Grown Up |
| Bivariate Data |
| Linear Correlation |
| Linear Regression |
| Part II Probability |
| 4 Probability |
| Sweet Statistics |
| Probability of Events |
| Conditional Probability of Events |
| Rules of Probability |
| Mutually Exclusive Events |
| Independent Events |
| Mutually Exclusive, Independent Events? |
| A Relationship? |
| 5 Probability Distributions (Discrete Variables) |
| Caffeine Drinking |
| Random Variables |
| Probability Distribution of a Discrete Random Variable |
| Mean and Variance of a Discrete Probability Distribution |
| The Binomial Probability Distribution |
| Mean and Standard Deviation of the Binomial Distribution |
| 6 Normal Probability Distributions |
| Intelligence Scores |
| Normal Probability Distributions |
| The Standard Normal Distribution |
| Applications of Normal Distributions |
| Notation |
| Normal Approximation of the Binomial |
| 7 Sample Variability |
| 275 Million Americans |
| Sampling Distributions |
| The Sampling Distribution of Sample Means |
| Application of the Sampling Distribution of Sample Means |
| Part III Inferential Statistics |
| 8 Introduction to Statistical Inferences |
| Were They Shorter Back Then? The Nature of Estimation |
| Estimation of a Mean (= known) |
| The Nature of Hypothesis Testing |
| Hypothesis Test of Mean 8 (= Known): A Probability Value Approach |
| Hypothesis Test of Mean 8 (= Known): A Classical Approach |
| 9 Inferences Involving One Population |
| Get Enough Daily Exercise? Inferences About Mean 8 (= Unknown) |
| Inferences About the Binomial Probability of Success |
| Inferences About Variance and Standard Deviation |
| 10 Inferences Involving Two Populations |
| Students, Credit Cards and Debt |
| Independent and Dependent Samples |
| Inferences Concerning the Mean Difference Using Two Dependent Samples |
| Inferences Concerning the Difference Between Means Using Two Independent Samples |
| Inferences Concerning the Difference Between Proportions Using Two Independent Samples |
| Inferences Concerning the Ratio of Variances Using Two Independent Samples |
| Part IV More Inferential Statistics |
| 11 Applications of Chi-Square |
| Cooling a Great Hot Taste |
| Chi-Square Statistic |
| Inferences Concerning Multinomial Experiments |
| Inferences Concerning Contingency Tables |
| 12 Analysis of Variance |
| Time Spent Commuting to Work |
| Introduction to the Analysis of Variance Technique |
| The Logic Behind ANOVA |
| Applications of Single-Factor ANOVA |
| 13 Linear Correlation and Regression |
| Beautiful Golden Wheat! Linear Correlation Analysis |
| Inferences About the Linear Correlation Coefficient |
| Linear Regression Analysis |
| Inferences Concerning the Slope of the Regression Line |
| Confidence Interval Estimates For Regression |
| Understanding the Relationship Between Correlation and Regression |
| 14 Elements of Nonparametric Statistics |
| Teenagers' Attitudes |
| Nonparametric Statistics |
| Comparing Statistical Tests |
| The Sign Test |
| The Mann-Whitney U Test |
| The Runs Test |
| Rank Correlation |
| Appendix A Basic Principles of Counting |
| Appendix B Tables |
| Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises |
| Answers to Chapter Practice Tests |
| Index for Applications |
| Index for Computer and Calculator Instructions |
| Index Credits |
| Formula Card |
