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Introductory Statistics
ISBN: 9780321393616 | 0321393619
Edition: 8thFormat: Hardcover w/CD
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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Weiss's Introductory Statistics, Eighth Edition, features a thorough presentation of the reasoning behind statistics, balanced with analysis and exploration of real data. This text emphasizes the development of statistical thinking rather than rote drill and practice. This new edition continues Weiss's tradition of cutting-edge statistical pedagogy and seamless integration of technology, and includes hundreds of new exercises with carefully cited data from journals, magazines, newspapers, and Web sites. Introductory Statistics, Eighth Edition, ... MORE
| Preface | |
| Supplements List | |
| Data Sources | |
| Introduction | |
| The Nature of Statistics | |
| Statistics Basics | |
| Simple Random Sampling | |
| Other Sampling Designs* | |
| Experimental Designs* | |
| Descriptive Statistics | |
| Organizing Data | |
| Variables and Data | |
| Gr... MORE | |
| Graphs and Charts | |
| Distribution Shapes | |
| Misleading Graphs | |
| Descriptive Measures | |
| Measures of Center | |
| Measures of Variation | |
| The Five-Number Summary | |
| Boxplots | |
| Descriptive Measures for Populations | |
| Use of Samples | |
| Probability, Random Variables, and Sampling Distributions | |
| Probability Concepts | |
| Probability Basics | |
| Events | |
| Some Rules of Probability | |
| Contingency Tables | |
| Joint and Marginal Probabilities* | |
| Conditional Probability* | |
| The Multiplication Rule | |
| Independence* | |
| Bayes's Rule* | |
| Counting Rules* | |
| Discrete Random Variables* | |
| Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions* | |
| The Mean and Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random Variable* | |
| The Binomial Distribution* | |
| The Poisson Distribution* | |
| The Normal Distribution | |
| Introducing Normally Distributed Variables | |
| Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve | |
| Working with Normally Distributed Variables | |
| Assessing Normality | |
| Normal Probability Plots | |
| Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution* | |
| The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean | |
| Sampling Error the Need for Sampling Distributions | |
| The Mean and Standard Deviation of the Sample Mean | |
| The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean | |
| Inferential Statistics | |
| Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean | |
| Estimating a Population Mean | |
| Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean When ó is Known | |
| Margin of Error | |
| Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean When ó is Unknown | |
| Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean | |
| The Nature of Hypothesis Testing | |
| Terms, Errors, and Hypotheses | |
| Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean When ó is Known | |
| Type II Error Probabilities Power* | |
| P-Values | |
| Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean When ó is Unknown | |
| The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test* | |
| Which Procedure Should Be Used?* | |
| Inferences for Two Population Means | |
| The Sampling Distribution of the Difference Between Two Sample Means for Independent Samples | |
| Inferences for Two Population Means, Using Independent Samples: Standard Deviations Assumed Equal | |
| Inferences for Two Population Means, Using Independent Samples: Standard Deviations Not Assumed Equal | |
| The MannùWhitney Test* | |
| Inferences for Two Population Means, Using Paired Samples | |
| The Paired Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test* | |
| Which Procedure Should Be Used?* | |
| Inferences for Population Standard Deviations* | |
| Inferences for One Population Standard Deviation* | |
| Inferences for Two Population Standard Deviations, Using Independent Samples* | |
| Inferences for Population Proportions | |
| Confidence Intervals for One Population Proportion | |
| Hypothesis Tests for One Population Proportion | |
| Inferences for Two Population Proportions | |
| Chi-Square Procedures | |
| The Chi-Square Distribution | |
| Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test | |
| Contingency Tables | |
| Association | |
| Chi-Square Independence Test | |
| Regression, Correlation, and ANOVA | |
| Descriptive Methods in Regression and Correlation | |
| Linear Equations With One Independent Variable | |
| The Regression Equation | |
| The Coefficient of Determination | |
| Linear Correlation | |
| Inferential Methods in Regression and Correlation | |
| The Regression Model | |
| Analysis of Residuals | |
| Inferences for the Slope of the Population Regression Line | |
| Estimation and Prediction | |
| Inferences in Correlation | |
| Testing for Normality* | |
| Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) | |
| The F-Distribution | |
| One-Way ANOVA: The Logic | |
| One-Way ANOVA: The Procedure | |
| Multiple Comparisons* | |
| The KruskalùWallis Test* | |
| Multiple Regression and Model Building | |
| Experimental Design and ANOVA (On The WeissStats CD-ROM) | |
| Multiple Regression Analysis | |
| The Multiple Linear Regression Model | |
| Estimation of the Regression Parameters | |
| Inferences Concerning the Utility of the Regression Model | |
| Inferences Concerning the Utility of Particular Predictor Variables | |
| Confidence Intervals for Mean Response Prediction Intervals for Response | |
| Checking Model Assumptions and Residual Analysis | |
| Model Building in Regression | |
| Transformations to Remedy Model Violations | |
| Polynomial Regression Model | |
| Qualitative Predictor Variables | |
| Multicollinearity | |
| Model Selection: Stepwise Regression | |
| Model Selection: All Subsets Regression | |
| Pitfalls and Warnings | |
| Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance | |
| Factorial Designs | |
| Two-Way ANOVA: The Logic | |
| Two-Way ANOVA: The Procedure | |
| Two-Way ANOVA: Multiple Comparisons | |
| Randomized Block Designs | |
| Randomized Block ANOVA: The Logic | |
| Randomized Block ANOVA: The Procedure | |
| Randomized Block ANOVA: Multiple Comparisons | |
| Friedman's Nonparametric Test for the Randomized Block Design* | |
| Appendixes | |
| Statistical Tables | |
| Random numbers | |
| Areas under the standard normal curve | |
| Normal scores | |
| Values of tá | |
| Values of Wá | |
| Values of Má | |
| Values of և2 | |
| Values of Fá | |
| Critical values for a correlation test for normality | |
| Values of q0.01 | |
| Values of q0.05 | |
| Binomial probabilities | |
| Answers to Selected Exercises | |
| Index | |
| Photo Credits | |
| Indexes for Biographical Sketches | |
| Case Studies | |
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