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Miller and Freund's Probability and Statistics for Engineers

by: Johnson, Richard A.

Miller and Freund's Probability and Statistics for Engineers

by: Johnson, Richard A.

ISBN 13:
9780137214082
ISBN 10:
0137214081
Edition: 5th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/1994
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
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Summary

An update of a classic text.

Preface

Introduction

(4)

Modern Statistics

(2)

Statistics and Engineering

(1)

The Role of the Scientist and Engineer in Quality Improvement

(1)

Checklist of Key Terms

(1)

Treatment of Data

(37)

Pareto Diagrams and Dot Diagrams

(3)

Frequency Distributions

(4)

Graphs of Frequency Distributions

(5)

Stem-and-Leaf Displays

(5)

Descriptive Measures

(4)

Quartiles and Other Percentiles

(3)

The Calculation of x and s

(9)

Review Exercises

(3)

Checklist of Key Terms

(1)

Probability

(49)

Sample Spaces and Events

(6)

Counting

(8)

Probability

(2)

The Axioms of Probability

(2)

Some Elementary Theorems

(9)

Conditional Probability

(7)

Bayes' Theorem

(7)

Mathematical Expectation and Decision Making

(5)

Review Exercises

(2)

Checklist of Key Terms

(1)

Probability Distributions

(46)

Random Variables

(3)

The Binomial Distribution

(5)

The Hypergeometric Distribution

100

(5)

The Mean and the Variance of a Probability Distribution

105

(7)

Chebyshev's Theorem

112

(5)

The Poisson Approximation to the Binomial Distribution

117

(4)

Poisson Processes

121

(2)

The Geometric Distribution

123

(6)

The Multinominal Distribution

129

(2)

Simulation

131

(3)

Review Exercises

134

(2)

Checklist of Key Terms

136

(1)

Probability Densities

137

(58)

Continuous Random Variables

138

(7)

The Normal Distribution

145

(5)

The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution

150

(4)

Other Probability Densities

154

(1)

The Uniform Distribution

154

(1)

The Log-Normal distribution

155

(3)

The Gamma Distribution

158

(3)

The Beta Distribution

161

(2)

The Weibull Distribution

163

(4)

Joint Distributions---Discrete and Continuous

167

(15)

Checking If the Data Are Normal

182

(3)

Transforming Observations to near Normality

185

(3)

Simulation

188

(4)

Review Exercises

192

(2)

Checklist of Key Terms

194

(1)

Sampling Distributions

195

(21)

Populations and Samples

195

(3)

The Sampling Distribution of the Mean (σ Known)

198

(10)

The Sampling Distribution of the Mean (σ Unknown)

208

(2)

The Sampling Distribution of the Variance

210

(4)

Review Exercises

214

(1)

Checklist of Key Terms

215

(1)

Inferences Concerning Means

216

(52)

Point Estimation

216

(6)

Interval Estimation

222

(3)

Bayesian Estimation

225

(6)

Tests of Hypotheses

231

(2)

Null Hypotheses and Significance Tests

233

(6)

Hypotheses Concerning One Mean

239

(5)

The Relation Between Tests and Confidence Intervals

244

(1)

Operating Characteristic Curves

245

(7)

Inferences Concerning Two Means

252

(11)

Randomization and Pairing

263

(2)

Review Exercises

265

(2)

Checklist of Key Terms

267

(1)

Inferences Concerning Variances

268

(11)

The Estimation of Variances

268

(3)

Hypotheses Concerning One Variance

271

(2)

Hypotheses Concerning Two Variances

273

(4)

Review Exercises

277

(1)

Checklist of Key Terms

278

(1)

Inferences Concerning Proportions

279

(33)

Estimation of Proportions

279

(7)

Bayesian Estimation

286

(4)

Hypotheses Concerning One Proportion

290

(1)

Hypotheses Concerning Several Proportions

291

(9)

The Analysis of r X c Tables

300

(3)

Goodness of Fit

303

(5)

Review Exercises

308

(3)

Checklist of Key Terms

311

(1)

Nonparametric Tests

312

(18)

Introduction

312

(1)

The Sign Test

313

(2)

Rank-Sum Tests

315

(6)

Tests of Randomness

321

(3)

The Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Anderson-Darling Tests

324

(4)

Review Exercises

328

(1)

Checklist of Key Terms

329

(1)

Curve Fitting

330

(57)

The Method of Least Squares

330

(6)

Inferences Based on the Least Squares Estimators

336

(14)

Curvilinear Regression

350

(6)

Multiple Regression

356

(4)

Checking the Adequacy of the Model

360

(8)

Correlation

368

(9)

Multiple Linear Regression

377

(5)

Review Exercises

382

(4)

Checklist of Key Terms

386

(1)

Analysis of Variance

387

(55)

Some General Principles

387

(4)

Completely Randomized Designs

391

(16)

Randomized-Block Designs

407

(8)

Multiple Comparisons

415

(6)

Some Further Experimental Designs

421

(10)

Analysis of Covariance

431

(6)

Review Exercises

437

(4)

Checklist of Key Terms

441

(1)

Factorial Experimentation

442

(64)

Two-Factor Experiments

442

(10)

Multifactor Experiments

452

(13)

2n Factorial Experiments

465

(9)

The Graphic Presentation of 2n2 and 2n3 Experiments

474

(15)

Confounding in a 2n Factorial Experiment

489

(5)

Fractional Replication

494

(6)

Review Exercises

500

(5)

Checklist of Key Terms

505

(1)

The Statistical Content of Quality Improvement Programs

506

(42)

Quality-Improvement Programs

507

(3)

Starting a quality-Improvement Program

510

(2)

Experimental Designs for Quality Improvement

512

(4)

Quality control

516

(2)

Control Charts for Measurements

518

(6)

Control Charts for Attributes

524

(7)

Tolerance Limits

531

(3)

Acceptance Sampling

534

(10)

Review Exercises

544

(3)

Checklist of Key Terms

547

(1)

Applications to Reliability and Life Testing

548

(24)

Reliability

549

(2)

Failure-Time Distributions

551

(3)

The Exponential Model in Reliability

554

(5)

The Exponential Model in Life Testing

559

(5)

The Weibull Model in Life Testing

564

(5)

Review Exercises

569

(2)

Checklist of Key Terms

571

(1)

Bibliography

572

(3)

Statistical Tables

575

(35)

Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises

610

(17)

Index

627

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