Essentials of Statistics, Books a la Carte Edition

by Triola, Mario F.

• ISBN13: 9780321641670
• ISBN10: 0321641671
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2010-01-03
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This edition features the exact same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole- punched, loose-leaf version. Books agrave; la Carte also offer a great value-this format costs 35% less than a new textbook. 95% of Introductory Statistics students will never take another Statistics course. What do you want to learn? Discover the Power of Real Data Mario Triola remains the market-leading statistics author by engaging readers of each edition with an abundance of real data in the examples, applications, and exercises. Statistics is all around us, and Triola helps readers understand how this course will impact their lives beyond the classroomas consumers, citizens, and professionals. Elementary Statistics Using the TI-83/84 Plus Calculator, Third Editionprovides extensive instruction for using the TI-83 and TI-84 Plus (and Silver Edition) calculators for statistics, with information on calculator functions, images of screen displays, and projects designed exclusively for the graphing calculator. Drawn from Triolars"sElementary Statistics,Eleventh Edition,this text provides the same student-friendly approach with material presented in a real-world context. TheThird Editioncontains more than 2,000 exercises, 87% are new, and 82% use real data. It also contains hundreds of examples; 86% are new and 94% use real data. By analyzing real data, readers are able to connect abstract concepts to the world at large, learning to think statistically and apply conceptual understanding using the same methods that professional statisticians employ. Datasets and other resources (where applicable) for this book are available here .

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Statistics

1-1. Review and Preview

1-2. Statistical Thinking

1-3. Types of Data

1-4. Critical Thinking

1-5. Design of Experiments

 

2. Summarizing and Graphing Data

2-1. Review and Preview

2-2. Frequency Distributions

2-3. Histograms

2-4. Statistical Graphics

2-5. Critical Thinking: Bad Graphs

 

3. Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data

3-1. Review and Preview

3-2. Measures of Center

3-3. Measures of Variation

3-4. Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots

 

4. Probability

4-1. Review and Preview

4-2. Fundamentals

4-3. Addition Rule

4-4. Multiplication Rule: Basics

4-5. Multiplication Rule: Complements and Conditional Probability

4-6. Counting

4-7. Bayes' Theorem (on CD-ROM)

 

5. Discrete Probability Distributions

5-1. Review and Preview

5-2. Random Variables

5-3. Binomial Probability Distributions

5-4. Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation for the Binomial Distribution

 

6. Normal Probability Distributions

6-1. Review and Preview

6-2. The Standard Normal Distribution

6-3. Applications of Normal Distributions

6-4. Sampling Distributions and Estimators

6-5. The Central Limit Theorem

6-6. Normal as Approximation to Binomial

6-.7 Assessing Normality

 

7. Estimates and Sample Sizes

7-1. Review and Preview

7-2. Estimating at Population Proportion

7-3. Estimating Population Mean: ? Known

7-4. Estimating a Population Mean: ? Not Known

7-5. Estimating a Population Variance

 

8. Hypothesis Testing

8-1. Review and Preview

8-2. Basics of Hypothesis Testing

8-3. Testing a Claim About a Proportion

8-4. Testing a Claim About a Mean: ? Known

8-5. Testing a Claim About a Mean: ? Not Known

8-6. Testing a Claim About Variation

 

9. Inferences from Two Samples

9-1. Review and Preview

9-2. Inferences About Two Proportions

9-3. Inferences About Two Means: Independent Samples

9-4. Inferences from Matched Pairs

 

10. Correlation and Regression

10-1. Review and Preview

10-2. Correlation

10-3. Contingency Tables

10-4. Variation and Prediction Intervals

10-5. Rank Correlation

 

11. Chi-Square and Analysis of Variance

11-1. Review and Preview

11-2. Goodness-of-Fit

11-3. Contingency Tables

11-4. Analysis of Variance

 

Appendices

Appendix A: Tables

Appendix B: Data Sets

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

 

Credits

Index