Understanding Basic Statistics, Brief (with Formula Card)

by Brase, Charles Henry; Brase, Corrinne Pellillo

• ISBN13: 9780547132495
• ISBN10: 0547132492
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-07
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

A condensed and more streamlined version of the very popular and widely used UNDERSTANDABLE STATISTICS, Ninth Edition, this book offers users an effective way to teach the essentials of statistics, including early coverage of Regression, within a more limited time frame. Designed to help users overcome their apprehension about statistics, UNDERSTANDING BASIC STATISTICS, Fifth Edition, is a thorough yet approachable book that provides plenty of guidance and informal advice demonstrating the links between statistics and the world. The strengths of the book include an applied approach that helps users realize the real-world significance of statistics, an accessible exposition, and a new, complete technology package. The Fifth Edition addresses the growing importance of developing students' critical thinking and statistical literacy skills with the introduction of new features and exercises throughout the text. The use of the graphing calculator, Microsoft® Excel®, Minitab®, and SPSS is covered but not required.

Table of Contents

Getting Started

What is Statistics?

Random Samples

Introduction to Experimental Design

Organizing Data

Frequency Distributions, Histograms, and Related Topics

Bar Graphs, Circle Graphs, and Time-Series Graphs

Stem-and-Leaf Displays

Averages and Variation

Measures of Central Tendency: Mode, Median, and Mean

Measures of Variation

Percentiles and Box-and-Whisker Plots

Correlation and Regression

Scatter Diagrams and Linear Correlation

Linear Regression and the Coefficient of Determination

Elementary Probability Theory

What is Probability?

Some Probability Rules--Compound Events

Trees and Counting Techniques

The Binomial Probability Distribution and Related Topics

Introduction to Random Variables and Probability Distributions

Binomial Probabilities

Additional Properties of the Binomial Distribution

Normal Curves and Sampling Distributions

Graphs and Normal Probability Distributions

Standard Units and Areas Under the Standard Normal Distribution

Areas Under Any Normal Curve

Sampling Distributions

The Central Limit Theorem

Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution

Estimation

Estimating ?

When s Is Known

Estimating ?

When s is Unknown

Estimating p in a Binomial Distribution

Hypothesis Testing

Introduction to Statistical Tests

Testing the Mean ?

Testing a Proportion p

Inferneces About Differences

Tests Involving Paired Differences (Dependent Samples)

Inferences About the Difference of Two Means ?1 - ?2

Inferences About the Difference of Two Proportions p1 - p2

Additional Topics Using Inference

Chi-Square: Tests of Independence and of Homogeneity

Chi-Square: Goodness of Fit

Testing and Estimating a Single Variance or Standard Deviation

Inferences for Correlation and Regression

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