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Modern Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9780130177018 | 0130177016
Edition: 10th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
For Introduction to Statistics courses at 2 and 4-year colleges. Updated to reflect the latest technological advances in statistical tools, this solid text presents ideas and concepts more clearly for students who have little or no background in statistics. The Tenth Edition retains all the elements and style that educators nationwide have come to expectclear prose, excellent problems and precise presentation of mathematics involvedwhile eliminating some of the computational drudgery. The seamless integration of technology gives professors multiple teaching options.
Prefacexi
Introduction
1(11)
The Growth of Modern Statistics
2(1)
... MOREThe Study of Statistics
3(1)
Descriptive Statistics and Statistical Inference
4(3)
The Nature of Statistical Data
7(3)
Checklist of Key Terms
10(1)
References
10(2)
Summarizing Data: Listing and Grouping
12(35)
Listing Numerical Data
13(3)
Stem-and-Leaf Displays
16(4)
Frequency Distributions
20(10)
Graphical Presentations
30(7)
Summarizing Two-Variable Data
37(8)
Checklist for Key Terms
45(1)
References
45(2)
Summarizing Data: Measures of Location
47(33)
Populations and Samples
48(1)
The Mean
49(4)
The Weighted Mean
53(5)
The Median
58(4)
Other Fractiles
62(4)
The Mode
66(4)
The Description of Grouped Data
70(6)
Technical Note (Summations)
76(3)
Checklist of Key Terms
79(1)
References
79(1)
Summarizing Data: Measures of Variation
80(28)
The Range
81(1)
The Variance and the Standard Deviation
82(3)
Applications of the Standard Deviation
85(7)
The Description of Grouped Data
92(2)
Some Further Descriptions
94(6)
Checklist of Key Terms
100(1)
References
101(7)
Review Exercises for Chapters 1, 2, 3, And 4
102(6)
Possibilities and Probabilities
108(26)
Counting
109(4)
Permutations
113(3)
Combinations
116(7)
Probability
123(9)
Checklist of Key Terms
132(1)
References
133(1)
Some Rules of Probability
134(43)
Sample Spaces and Events
135(10)
The Postulates of Probability
145(3)
Probabilities and Odds
148(5)
Addition Rules
153(7)
Conditional Probability
160(3)
Multiplication Rules
163(7)
Bayes' Theorem
170(5)
Checklist of Key Terms
175(1)
References
175(2)
Expectations and Decisions
177(21)
Mathematical Expectation
178(6)
Decision Making
184(4)
Statistical Decision Problems
188(2)
Checklist of Key Terms
190(1)
References
191(7)
Review Exercises For Chapters 5, 6, And 7
192(6)
Probability Distributions
198(35)
Random Variables
199(1)
Probability Distributions
200(2)
The Binomial Distribution
202(9)
The Hypergeometric Distribution
211(4)
The Poisson Distribution
215(4)
The Multinomial Distribution
219(4)
The Mean of a Probability Distribution
223(2)
The Standard Deviation of a Probability Distribution
225(7)
Checklist of Key Terms
232(1)
References
232(1)
The Normal Distribution
233(28)
Continuous Distributions
234(3)
The Normal Distribution
237(10)
A Check for Normality
247(3)
Applications of the Normal Distribution
250(3)
The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution
253(6)
Checklist of Key Terms
259(1)
References
260(1)
Sampling and Sampling Distributions
261(41)
Random Sampling
262(7)
Sample Designs
269(1)
Systematic Sampling
269(1)
Stratified Sampling
270(2)
Cluster Sampling
272(4)
Sampling Distributions
276(3)
The Standard Error of the Mean
279(3)
The Central Limit Theorem
282(3)
Some Further Considerations
285(5)
Technical Note (Simulation)
290(3)
Checklist of Key Terms
293(1)
References
293(9)
Review Exercises for Chapters 8, 9, and 10
295(7)
Problems of Estimation
302(29)
The Estimation of Means
303(5)
The Estimation of Means ( σ Unknown)
308(8)
The Estimation of Standard Deviations
316(7)
The Estimation of Proportions
323(6)
Checklist of Key Terms
329(1)
References
330(1)
Tests of Hypotheses: Means
331(35)
Tests of Hypotheses
332(5)
Significance Tests
337(8)
Tests Concerning Means
345(4)
Tests Concerning Means (σ Unknown)
349(5)
Differences between Means
354(3)
Differences between Means (σ's Unknown)
357(2)
Differences between Means (Paired Data)
359(6)
Checklist of Key Terms
365(1)
References
365(1)
Tests of Hypotheses: Standard Deviations
366(11)
Tests Concerning Standard Deviations
367(3)
Tests Concerning Two Standard Deviations
370(5)
Checklist of Key Terms
375(1)
References
376(1)
Tests of Hypotheses Based on Count Data
377(40)
Tests Concerning Proportions
378(1)
Tests Concerning Proportions (Large Samples)
379(3)
Differences between Proportions
382(4)
The Analysis of an r X c Table
386(15)
Goodness of Fit
401(7)
Checklist of Key Terms
408(1)
References
408(9)
Review Exercises for Chapters 11, 12, 13, And 14
410(7)
Analysis of Variance
417(42)
Differences among k Means: An Example
418(4)
The Design of Experiments: Randomization
422(2)
One-Way Analysis of Variance
424(6)
Multiple Comparisons
430(6)
The Design of Experiments: Blocking
436(2)
Two-Way Analysis of Variance
438(1)
Two-Way Analysis of Variance without Interaction
438(5)
The Design of Experiments: Replication
443(1)
Two-Way Analysis of Variance with Interaction
443(7)
The Design of Experiments: Further Considerations
450(7)
Checklist of Key Terms
457(1)
References
458(1)
Regression
459(39)
Curve Fitting
460(2)
The Method of Least Squares
462(11)
Regression Analysis
473(9)
Multiple Regression
482(4)
Nonlinear Regression
486(10)
Checklist of Key Terms
496(1)
References
496(2)
Correlation
498(22)
The Coefficient of Correlation
499(7)
The Interpretation of r
506(5)
Correlation Analysis
511(5)
Multiple and Partial Correlation
516(3)
Checklist of Key Terms
519(1)
References
519(1)
Nonparametric Tests
520(47)
The Sign Test
521(2)
The Sign Test (Large Samples)
523(4)
The Signed-Rank Test
527(4)
The Signed-Rank Test (Large Samples)
531(4)
The U-Test
535(5)
The U-Test (Large Samples)
540(1)
The H-Test
541(4)
Tests of Randomness: Runs
545(2)
Tests of Randomness: Runs (Large Samples)
547(1)
Tests of Randomness: Runs Above and Below the Median
548(3)
Rank Correlation
551(4)
Some Further Considerations
555(1)
Summary
555(1)
Checklist of Key Terms
556(1)
References
556(11)
Review Exercises for Chapters 15, 16, 17, and 18
558(9)
Statistical Tables567(26)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises593(18)
Index611

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