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A First Course in Statistics

by: McClave, James T.; Sincich, Terry

A First Course in Statistics

by: McClave, James T.; Sincich, Terry

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9780130141576
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0130141577
Edition: 7th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/01/1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

For a one-semester, general education Introductory Statistics course. Drawing students in with its reality-based approach and practicality, this popular text offers a balanced and enlightening examination of the theory and application of statistics. Helping to hone important critical thinking skills, it teaches students how to analyze data that appear in situations in the world around them and bases a majority of its examples and exercises on current, real-world applications pulled from journals, magazines, news articles, and commerce.

Preface

Statistics, Data, and Statistical Thinking

(18)

The Science of Statistics

(1)

Types of Statistical Applications

(2)

Fundamental Elements of Statistics

(4)

Types of Data

(2)

Collecting Data

(2)

The Role of Statistics in Critical Thinking

(7)

Quick Review

(1)

Statistics in Action: A ``20/20'' View of Survey Results: Fact or Fiction?

(5)

Methods for Describing Sets of Data

(80)

Describing Qualitative Data

(7)

Graphical Methods for Describing Quantitative Data

(12)

Summation Notation

(1)

Numerical Measures of Central Tendency

(10)

Numerical Measures of Variability

(6)

Interpreting the Standard Deviation

(8)

Numerical Measures of Relative Standing

(4)

Methods for Detecting Outliers (Optional)

(10)

Graphing Bivariate Relationships (Optional)

(5)

Distorting the Truth with Descriptive Techniques

(16)

Quick Review

Statistics in Action: The ``Eye Cue'' Test: Does Experience Improve Performance?

(12)

Probability

(52)

Events, Sample Spaces, and Probability

100

(11)

Unions and Intersections

111

(4)

Complementary Events

115

(1)

The Additive Rule and Mutually Exclusive Events

116

(5)

Conditional Probability

121

(6)

The Multiplicative Rule and Independent Events

127

(11)

Random Sampling

138

(13)

Quick Review

143

(1)

Statistics in Action: Game Show Strategy: To Switch or Not to Switch?

144

(7)

Random Variables and Probability Distributions

151

(74)

Two Types of Random Variables

152

(3)

Probability Distributions for Discrete Random Variables

155

(10)

The Binomial Distribution

165

(13)

Probability Distributions for Continuous Random Variables

178

(1)

The Normal Distribution

179

(13)

Descriptive Methods for Assessing Normality

192

(6)

Approximating a Binomial Distribution with a Normal Distribution (Optional)

198

(7)

Sampling Distributions

205

(6)

The Central Limit Theorem

211

(14)

Quick Review

219

(1)

Statistics in Action: The Insomnia Pill

219

(6)

Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Estimation with Confidence Intervals

225

(42)

Large-Sample Confidence Interval for a Population Mean

226

(8)

Small-Sample Confidence Interval for a Population Mean

234

(11)

Large-Sample Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion

245

(7)

Determining the Sample Size

252

(15)

Quick Review

259

Statistics in Action: Scallops, Sampling, and the Law

256

(11)

Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Tests of Hypothesis

267

(46)

The Elements of a Test of Hypothesis

268

(6)

Large-Sample Test of Hypothesis About a Population Mean

274

(6)

Observed Significance Levels: p-Values

280

(7)

Small-Sample Test of Hypothesis About a Population Mean

287

(6)

Large-Sample Test of Hypothesis About a Population Proportion

293

(6)

A Nonparametric Test About a Population Median (Optional)

299

(14)

Quick Review

306

Statistics in Action: March Madness: Handicapping the NCAA Basketball Tourney

305

(8)

Comparing Population Means

313

(70)

Comparing Two Population Means: Independent Sampling

314

(15)

Comparing Two Population Means: Paired Difference Experiments

329

(11)

Determining the Sample Size

340

(4)

A Nonparametric Test for Comparing Two Populations: Independent Sampling (Optional)

344

(7)

A Nonparametric Test for Comparing Two Populations: Paired Difference Experiments (Optional)

351

(7)

Comparing Three or More Population Means: Analysis of Variance (Optional)

358

(25)

Quick Review

373

(1)

Statistics in Action: On the Trail of the Cockroach

374

(9)

Comparing Population Proportions

383

(40)

Comparing Two Population Proportions: Independent Sampling

384

(7)

Determining the Sample Size

391

(2)

Comparing Population Proportions: Multinomial Experiment

393

(7)

Contingency Table Analysis

400

(23)

Quick Review

414

(1)

Statistics in Action: The Level of Agreement Among Movie Reviewers: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

415

(8)

Simple Linear Regression

423

(78)

Probabilistic Models

424

(4)

Fitting the Model: The Least Squares Approach

428

(13)

Model Assumptions

441

(1)

An Estimator of σ2

442

(4)

Assessing the Utility of the Model: Making Inferences About the Slope β1

446

(9)

The Coefficient of Correlation

455

(3)

The Coefficient of Determination

458

(7)

Using the Model for Estimation and Prediction

465

(10)

Simple Linear Regression: A Complete Example

475

(4)

A Nonparametric Test for Correlation (Optional)

479

(22)

Quick Review

489

Statistics in Action: Can ``Dowsers'' Really Detect Water?

487

(14)

Appendix A: Tables

501

(23)

Appendix B: Data Sets

524

(6)

Appendix C: Calculation Formulas for Analysis of Variance: Independent Sampling

530

(1)

Answers to Selected Exercises

531

(6)

Index

537

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