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Mario F. Triola is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Dutchess Community College, where he has taught statistics for over 30 years. Marty is the author of Essentials of Statistics, 6th Edition, Elementary Statistics Using Excel^®, 7th Edition, and Elementary Statistics Using the TI-83/84 Plus Calculator, 5th Edition. He is a coauthor of Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences, 2nd Edition, Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life, 5th Edition, and Business Statistics. Elementary Statistics is currently available as an International Edition, and it has been translated into several foreign languages.

Marty designed the original Statdisk statistical software, and he has written several manuals and workbooks for technology supporting statistics education. He has been a speaker at many conferences and colleges. Marty's consulting work includes the design of casino slot machines and fishing rods. He has worked with attorneys in determining probabilities in paternity lawsuits, analyzing data in medical malpractice lawsuits, identifying salary inequities based on gender, and analyzing disputed election results. He has also used statistical methods in analyzing medical school surveys, and in analyzing survey results for the New York City Transit Authority. Marty has testified as an expert witness in the New York State Supreme Court. The Text and Academic Authors Association has awarded Marty a "Texty" for Excellence for his work on Elementary Statistics.

1. Introduction to Statistics
1.1 Statistical and Critical Thinking
1.2 Types of Data
1.3 Collecting Sample Data
1.4 Ethics in Statistics (download only)

2. Exploring Data with Tables and Graphs
2.1 Frequency Distributions for Organizing and Summarizing Data
2.2 Histograms
2.3 Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive
2.4 Scatterplots, Correlation, and Regression

3. Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data
3.1 Measures of Center
3.2 Measures of Variation
3.3 Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots

4. Probability
4.1 Basic Concepts of Probability
4.2 Addition Rule and Multiplication Rule
4.3 Complements, Conditional Probability, and Bayes' Theorem
4.4 Counting
4.5 Simulations for Hypothesis Tests

5. Discrete Probability Distributions
5.1 Probability Distributions
5.2 Binomial Probability Distributions
5.3 Poisson Probability Distributions

6. Normal Probability Distributions
6.1 The Standard Normal Distribution
6.2 Real Applications of Normal Distributions
6.3 Sampling Distributions and Estimators
6.4 The Central Limit Theorem
6.5 Assessing Normality
6.6 Normal as Approximation to Binomial (download only)

7. Estimating Parameters and Determining Sample Sizes
7.1 Estimating a Population Proportion
7.2 Estimating a Population Mean
7.3 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance
7.4 Bootstrapping: Using Technology for Estimates

8. Hypothesis Testing
8.1 Basics of Hypothesis Testing
8.2 Testing a Claim About a Proportion
8.3 Testing a Claim About a Mean
8.4 Testing a Claim About a Standard Deviation or Variance
8.5 Resampling: Using Technology for Hypothesis Testing

9. Inferences from Two Samples
9.1 Two Proportions
9.2 Two Means: Independent Samples
9.3 Matched Pairs
9.4 Two Variances or Standard Deviations
9.5 Resampling: Using Technology for Inferences

10. Correlation and Regression
10.1 Correlation
10.2 Regression
10.3 Prediction Intervals and Variation
10.4 Multiple Regression
10.5 Nonlinear Regression

11. Goodness-of-Fit and Contingency Tables
11.1 Goodness-of-Fit
11.2 Contingency Tables

12. Analysis of Variance
12.1 One-Way ANOVA
12.2 Two-Way ANOVA

13. Nonparametric Tests
13.1 Basics of Nonparametric Tests
13.2 Sign Test
13.3 Wilcoxon Signed.Ranks Test for Matched Pairs
13.4 Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for Two Independent Samples
13.5 Kruskal-Wallis Test for Three or More Samples
13.6 Rank Correlation
13.7 Runs Test for Randomness

14. Statistics Process Control
14.1 Control Charts for Variation and Mean
14.2 Control Charts for Attributes

15. Holistic Statistics

Appendix A: Tables
Appendix B: Data Sets
Appendix C: Websites and Bibliography of Books
Appendix D: Answers to Odd-Numbered Section Exercises (and all Quick Quizzes, Review Exercises, and Cumulative Review Exercises)

Credits
Index
Index of Applications

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MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Elementary Statistics (18-Weeks)

MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Elementary Statistics (18-Weeks)

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