Elementary Statistics

Mario F. Triola (Autor)

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840 Seiten

2013 | 12th edition
Pearson
9780321836960 (ISBN)

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From SAT scores to job search methods, statistics influences and shapes the world around us. Marty Triola’s text continues to be the bestseller because it helps students understand the relationship between statistics and the world, bringing life to the theory and methods. Elementary Statistics raises the bar with every edition by incorporating an unprecedented amount of real and interesting data that will help instructors connect with students today, and help them connect statistics to their daily lives. The Twelfth Edition contains more than 1,800 exercises, 89% of which use real data and 85% of which are new. Hundreds of examples are included, 91% of which use real data and 84% of which are new. New coverage of Ethics in Statistics highlights new guidelines that have been established in industry.

Mario F. Triola is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Dutchess Community College, where he has taught statistics for over 30 years. Marty is the author of Essentials of Statistics, Elementary Statistics Using Excel, Elementary Statistics Using the Graphing Calculator, and he is a co-author of Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences, Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life and Business Statistics. He has written several manuals and workbooks for technology supporting statistics education. Outside of the classroom, Marty has been a speaker at many conferences and colleges. His consulting work includes the design of casino slot machines and fishing rods, and he has worked with attorneys in determining probabilities in paternity lawsuits, identifying salary inequities based on gender, analyzing disputed election results, analyzing medical data, and analyzing medical school surveys. Marty has testified as an expert witness in New York State Supreme Court. The Text and Academic Authors Association has awarded Mario F. Triola a "Texty" for Excellence for his work on Elementary Statistics.

Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics

1.1 Review and Preview

1.2 Statistical Thinking and Critical Thinking

1.3 Types of Data

1.4 Collecting Sample Data

Chapter 2 Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing

2.1 Review and Preview

2.2 Measures of Center

2.3 Measures of Variation

2.4 Measures of Relative Standing & Boxplots

Chapter 3 Probability

3.1 Review and Preview

3.2 Basic Concepts of Probability

3.3 Addition Rule

3.4 Multiplication Rule: Basics

3.5 Multiplication Rule: Complements and Conditional Probability

3.6 Counting

3.7 Probabilities Through Simulations (on CD)

3.8 Bayes’ Theorem (on CD)

Chapter 4 Discrete Probability Distributions

4.1 Review and Preview

4.2 Probability Distributions

4.3 Binomial Probability Distributions

4.4 Parameters for Binomial Distributions

4.5 Poisson Probability Distributions

Chapter 5 Normal Probability Distributions

5.1 Review and Preview

5.2 The Standard Normal Distribution

5.3 Applications of Normal Distributions

5.4 Sampling Distributions and Estimators

5.5 Central Limit Theorem

5.6 Assessing Normality

5.7 Normal as Approximation to Binomial

Chapter 6 Estimates and Sample Sizes

6.1 Review and Preview

6.2 Estimating a Population Proportion

6.3 Estimating Population Mean

6.4 Estimating Population Standard Deviation or Variance

Chapter 7 Hypothesis Testing

7.1 Review and Preview

7.2 Basics of Hypothesis Testing

7.3 Testing a Claim About a Proportion

7.4 Testing a Claim About a Mean

7.5 Testing a Claim About a Standard Deviation or Variance

Chapter 8 Inferences from Two Samples

8.1 Review and Preview

8.2 Two Proportions

8.3 Two Means: Independent Samples

8.4 Two Dependent Samples (Matched Pairs)

8.5 Two Variances or Standard Deviations

Chapter 9 Correlation and Regression

9.1 Review and Preview

9.2 Correlation

9.3 Regression

9.4 Prediction Intervals and Variation

9.5 Multiple Regression

9.6 Nonlinear Regression

Chapter 10 Goodness-of-Fit and Contingency Tables

10.1 Review and Preview

10.2 Goodness-of-Fit

10.3 Contingency Tables

Chapter 11 Analysis of Variance

11.1 Review and Preview

11.2 One-Way ANOVA

11.3 Two-Way ANOVA

Chapter 12 Nonparametric Tests

12.1 Review and Preview

12.2 Sign Test

12.3 Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test for Matched Pairs

12.4 Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for Two Independent Samples

12.5 Kruskal-Wallis Test

12.6 Rank Correlation

12.7 Runs Test for Randomness

Chapter 13 Statistical Process Control

13.1 Review and Preview

13.2 Control Charts for Variation and Mean

13.3 Control Charts for Attributes

Chapter 14 Ethics, Projects, Procedures and Perspectives

14.1 Ethics in Statistics

14.2 Projects

14.3 Procedures

14.4 Perspectives

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.1.2013
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 276 mm
Gewicht	1800 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
ISBN-13	9780321836960 / 9780321836960
Zustand	Neuware