Essentials of Statistics

by Triola, Mario F.

• ISBN13: 9780321434258
• ISBN10: 0321434250
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Addison Wesley

Summary

Key Message:Essentials of Statistics,Third Editionis the ideal text for readers who want a more economical and streamlined text that covers the essential topics. Drawn from Triola'sElementary Statistics,Tenth Edition,this text provides the same reader-friendly approach with material presented in a real-world context. Key Topics: Introduction to Statistics; Summarizing and Graphing Data; Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data; Probability; Probability Distributions; Normal Probability Distributions; Estimates and Sample Sizes; Hypothesis Testing; Inferences from Two Samples; Correlation and Regression; Chi-Square and Analysis of Variance. Market:For all readers interested in Statistics.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Statistics

Overview

Types of Data

Critical Thinking

Design of Experiments

Summarizing and Graphing Data

Overview

Frequency Distributions

Histograms

Statistical Graphics

Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data

Overview

Measures of Center

Measures of Variation

Measures of Relative Standing

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

Probability

Overview

Fundamentals

Addition Rule

Multiplication Rule: Basics

Multiplication Rule: Complements and Conditional Probability

Counting

Bayes' Theorem (on CD-ROM)

Probability Distributions

Overview

Random Variables

Binomial Probability Distributions

Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation for the Binomial Distribution

Normal Probability Distributions

Overview

The Standard Normal Distribution

Applications of Normal Distributions

Sampling Distributions and Estimators

The Central Limit Theorem

Normal as Approximation to Binomial

Estimates and Sample Sizes

Overview

Estimating a Population Proportion

Estimating a Population Mean: s Known

Estimating a Population Mean: s Not Known

Estimating a Population Variance

Hypothesis Testing

Overview

Basics of Hypothesis Testing

Testing a Claim about a Proportion

Testing a Claim about a Mean: s Known

Testing a Claim about a Mean: s Not Known

Testing a Claim about Variation

Inferences from Two Samples

Overview

Inferences about Two Proportions

Inferences about Two Means: Independent Samples

Inferences from Matched Pairs

Correlation and Regression

Overview

Correlation

Regression

Variation and Prediction Intervals

Rank Correlation

Chi-Square and Analysis of Variance

Overview

Multinomial Experiments: Goodness-0f-Fit

Contingency Tables: Independence and Homogeneity

Analysis of Variance

Appendices

Tables

Data Sets

Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises (and All Review Exercises and All Cumulative Review Exercises)

Credits

Index

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