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Introductory Statistics : Using Technology

by: Prem S. Mann (Eastern Connecticut State Univ.)

Introductory Statistics : Using Technology

by: Prem S. Mann (Eastern Connecticut State Univ.)

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9780471448075
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0471448079
Edition: 5th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 07/01/2003
Publisher: Wiley

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Summary

Through four previous editions, Introductory Statistics has made statistics both interesting and accessible to a wide and varied audience. The realistic content of its examples and exercises, the clarity and brevity of its presentation, and the soundness of its pedagogical approach have received the highest remarks from both students and instructors. Now this bestseller is available in a new Fifth Edition.

Introduction

(26)

What Is Statistics?

(1)

Types of Statistics

(1)

Collegians Charge On

(1)

Population versus Sample

(5)

Most Do Not Know Their Mail Carrier

(2)

Yes, Looks Can Kill Your Chance for a Job

(2)

Basic Terms

(2)

Types of Variables

(2)

Cross-Section versus Time-Series Data

(1)

Sources of Data

(2)

Summation Notation

(10)

Uses and Misuses

Glossary

Supplementary Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Project

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Organizing Data

(45)

Raw Data

(1)

Organizing and Graphing Qualitative Data

(6)

If You Are Productive, It Must Be Tuesday

(1)

Favorite Doughnut Flavors

(2)

Organizing and Graphing Quantitative Data

(12)

Graduates in Debt

(4)

Shapes of Histograms

(7)

Using Truncated Axes

(5)

Cumulative Frequency Distributions

(4)

Stem-and-Leaf Displays

(14)

Uses and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Numerical Descriptive Measures

(62)

Measures of Central Tendency for Ungrouped Data

(13)

Lifespan of $1 Bill: 18 Months

(2)

Education and Earnings

(8)

Measures of Dispersion for Ungrouped Data

(8)

Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation for Grouped Data

(8)

Use of Standard Deviation

101

(6)

Here Comes the SD

104

(3)

Measures of Position

107

(6)

Box-and-Whisker Plot

113

(20)

Uses and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Appendix 3.1

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Probability

133

(60)

Experiment, Outcomes, and Sample Space

134

(6)

Calculating Probability

140

(7)

Counting Rule

147

(1)

Marginal and Conditional Probabilities

148

(4)

Facing a Crowd Isn't Easy

152

(1)

Mutually Exclusive Events

152

(2)

Independent versus Dependent Events

154

(2)

Complementary Events

156

(5)

Intersection of Events and the Multiplication Rule

161

(11)

Baseball Players Have ``Slumps'' and ``Streaks''

168

(4)

Union of Events and the Addition Rule

172

(21)

Uses and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Discrete Random Variables and Their Probability Distributions

193

(62)

Random Variables

194

(2)

Probability Distribution of a Discrete Random Variable

196

(8)

Mean of a Discrete Random Variable

204

(2)

Aces High Instant Lottery Game

206

(1)

Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random Variable

206

(6)

Factorials and Combinations

212

(6)

Playing Lotto

216

(2)

The Binomial Probability Distribution

218

(14)

The Hypergeometric Probability Distribution

232

(3)

The Poisson Probability Distribution

235

(20)

Ask Mr. Statistics

239

(16)

Uses and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Continuous Random Variables and the Normal Distribution

255

(53)

Continuous Probability Distribution

256

(6)

Distribution of Time Taken to Run a Road Race

260

(2)

The Normal Distribution

262

(2)

The Standard Normal Distribution

264

(9)

Standardizing a Normal Distribution

273

(7)

Applications of the Normal Distribution

280

(6)

Determining the z and x Values When an Area Under the Normal Distribution Curve Is Known

286

(6)

The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution

292

(16)

Uses and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Sampling Distributions

308

(45)

Population and Sampling Distributions

309

(2)

Sampling and Nonsampling Errors

311

(4)

Mean and Standard Deviation of x

315

(4)

Shape of the Sampling Distribution of x

319

(7)

Applications of the Sampling Distribution of x

326

(6)

Population and Sample Proportions

332

(1)

Mean, Standard Deviation, and Shape of the Sampling Distribution of p

333

(7)

Calling the Vote for Congress

337

(3)

Applications of the Sampling Distribution of p

340

(13)

Uses and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Estimation of the Mean and Proportion

353

(44)

Estimation: An Introduction

354

(1)

Point and Interval Estimates

355

(2)

Interval Estimation of a Population Mean: Large Samples

357

(10)

Where Your Energy Dollar Goes

362

(5)

Interval Estimation of a Population Mean: Small Samples

367

(8)

Cardiac Demands of Heavy Snow Shoveling

371

(4)

Interval Estimation of a Population Proportion: Large Samples

375

(7)

What is Causing Job Stress?

378

(4)

Determining the Sample Size for the Estimation of Mean

382

(2)

Determining the Sample Size for the Estimation of Proportion

384

(13)

Use and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Hypothesis Tests About the Mean and Proportion

397

(54)

Hypothesis Tests: An Introduction

398

(8)

Hypothesis Tests About μ for Large Samples Using the p-Value Approach

406

(6)

Hypothesis Tests About a Population Mean: Large Samples

412

(10)

Hypothesis Tests About a Population Mean: Small Samples

422

(8)

Hypothesis Tests About a Population Proportion: Large Samples

430

(21)

Employees' Concerns

435

(16)

Uses and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Estimation and Hypothesis Testing: Two Populations

451

(60)

Inferences About the Difference Between Two Population Means for Large and Independent Samples

452

(11)

Inferences About the Difference Between Two Population Means for Small and Independent Samples: Equal Standard Deviations

463

(8)

Inferences About the Difference Between Two Population Means for Small and Independent Samples: Unequal Standard Deviations

471

(6)

Inferences About the Difference Between Two Population Means for Paired Samples

477

(10)

Inferences About the Difference Between Two Population Proportions for Large and Independent Samples

487

(24)

Teenagers But Out of Smoking

492

(19)

Use and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Chi-Square Tests

511

(44)

The Chi-Square Distribution

512

(3)

A Goodness-of-Fit Test

515

(9)

Up with `the Color Purple'

520

(4)

Contingency Tables

524

(1)

A Test of Independence or Homogeneity

525

(12)

Inferences About the Population Variance

537

(18)

Use and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Analysis of Variance

555

(25)

The F Distribution

556

(2)

One-Way Analysis of Variance

558

(22)

Uses and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Simple Linear Regression

580

(63)

Simple Linear Regression Model

581

(2)

Simple Linear Regression Analysis

583

(15)

Regression of Heights and Weights of NBA Players

591

(7)

Standard Deviation of Random Errors

598

(2)

Coefficient of Determination

600

(5)

Inferences About B

605

(5)

Linear Correlation

610

(7)

Regression Analysis: A Complete Example

617

(7)

Using the Regression Model

624

(4)

Cautions in Using Regression

628

(15)

Use and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

Nonparametric Methods

643

(1)

The Sign Test

644

(15)

The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test for Two Dependent Samples

659

(8)

The Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test for Two Independent Samples

667

(7)

The Kruskal-Wallis Test

674

(6)

The Spearman Rho Rank Correlation Coefficient Test

680

(4)

The Runs Test for Randomness

684

Use and Misuses

Glossary

Key Formulas

Supplementary Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Self-Review Test

Mini-Projects

Technology Instruction

Technology Assignments

APPENDIX A SAMPLE SURVEYS, SAMPLING TECHNIQUES, AND DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS

(1)

A.1 Sources of Data

(3)

A.1.1 Internal Sources

(1)

A.1.2 External Sources

(1)

A.1.3 Surveys and Experiments

(1)

Surveys

(1)

Case Study A--1 Is it a Simple Question?

(1)

Experiments

(1)

A.2 Sample Surveys and Sampling Techniques

(7)

A.2.1 Why Sample?

(1)

Time

(1)

Cost

(1)

Impossibility of Conducting a Census

(1)

A.2.2 Random and Nonrandom Samples

(1)

A.2.3 Sampling and Nonsampling Errors

(1)

Sampling or Chance Error

(1)

Nonsampling or Systematic Errors

(2)

A.2.4 Random Sampling Techniques

(1)

Simple Random Sampling

(1)

Systematic Random Sampling

(1)

Stratified Random Sampling

(1)

Cluster Sampling

(1)

A.3 Design of Experiments

(4)

Case Study A--2 Do Antibacterial Soaps Work?

Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Glossary

APPENDIX B EXPLANATION OF DATA SETS

(1)

APPENDIX C STATISTICAL TABLES

(1)

I Random Numbers

(4)

II Factorials

(1)

III Values of nCx (Combination)

(1)

IV Table of Binomial Probabilities

(9)

V Values of e-λ

(2)

VI Table of Poisson Probabilities

(6)

VII Standard Normal Distribution Table

(1)

VIII The t Distribution Table

(2)

IX Chi-Square Distribution Table

(1)

X The F Distribution Table

(4)

XI Critical Values of X for the Sign Test

(1)

XII Critical Values of T for the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test

(1)

XIII Critical Values of T for the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

(1)

XIV Critical Values for the Spearman Rho Rank Correlation Coefficient Test

(1)

XV Critical Values for a Two-Tailed Runs Test with α = .05

Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Exercises and Self-Review Tests

(1)

Photo Credits

(1)

Index

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