Schaum's Easy Outline of Probability and Statistics

by Spiegel, Murray

• ISBN13: 9780071383417
• ISBN10: 0071383417
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-20
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Boiled-down essentials of the top-selling Schaum's Outline series for the student with limited time What could be better than the bestselling Schaum's Outline series? For students looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview, it would have to be Schaum's Easy Outline series. Every book in this series is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its predecessor. With an emphasis on clarity and brevity, each new title features a streamlined and updated format and the absolute essence of the subject, presented in a concise and readily understandable form. Graphic elements such as sidebars, reader-alert icons, and boxed highlights stress selected points from the text, illuminate keys to learning, and give students quick pointers to the essentials. Designed to appeal to underprepared students and readers turned off by dense text Cartoons, sidebars, icons, and other graphic pointers get the material across fast Concise text focuses on the essence of the subject Delivers expert help from teachers who are authorities in their fields Perfect for last-minute test preparation So small and light that they fit in a backpack!

Table of Contents

Basic Probability	1	(13)
Descriptive Statistics	14	(9)
Discrete Random Variables	23	(11)
Continuous Random Variables	34	(8)
Examples of Random Variables	42	(16)
Sampling Theory	58	(17)
Estimation Theory	75	(10)
Test of Hypothesis and Significance	85	(14)
Curve Fitting, Regression, and Correlation	99	(18)
Other Probability Distributions	117	(15)
Appendix A Mathematical Topics	132	(4)
Appendix B Areas under the Standard Normal Curve from 0 to z	136	(2)
Appendix C Student's t distribution	138	(2)
Appendix D Chi-Square Distribution	140	(2)
Appendix E 95th and 99th Percentile Values for the F Distribution	142	(4)
Appendix F Values of e-λ	146	(2)
Appendix G Random Numbers	148	(1)
Index	149