Essentials of statistics / / Mario F. Triola

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154777903321
• Autore: Triola Mario F.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-292-07104-4
• Edizione: [Fifth edition, Global edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (722 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Collana: Always learning
• Disciplina: 519.5
• Soggetti: Statistics; Statistics - Study and teaching
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction to Statistics -- 1-1 Review and Preview -- 1-2 Statistical and Critical Thinking -- 1-3 Types of Data -- 1-4 Collecting Sample Data -- 2 Summarizing and Graphing Data -- 2-1 Review and Preview -- 2-2 Frequency Distributions -- 2-3 Histograms -- 2-4 Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive -- 3 Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data -- 3-1 Review and Preview -- 3-2 Measures of Center -- 3-3 Measures of Variation -- 3-4 Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots -- 4 Probability -- 4-1 Review and Preview -- 4-2 Basic Concepts of Probability -- 4-3 Addition Rule -- 4-4 Multiplication Rule: Basics -- 4-5 Multiplication Rule: Complements and Conditional Probability -- 4-6 Counting -- 4-7 Probabilities through Simulations (on companion Web site) -- 4-8 Bayes' Theorem (on companion Web site) -- 5 Discrete Probability Distributions -- 5-1 Review and Preview -- 5-2 Probability Distributions -- 5-3 Binomial Probability Distributions -- 5-4 Parameters for Binomial Distributions -- 6 Normal Probability Distributions -- 6-1 Review and Preview -- 6-2 The Standard Normal Distribution -- 6-3 Applications of Normal Distributions -- 6-4 Sampling Distributions and Estimators -- 6-5 The Central Limit Theorem -- 6-6 Assessing Normality -- 6-7 Normal as Approximation to Binomial -- 7 Estimates and Sample Sizes -- 7-1 Review and Preview -- 7-2 Estimating a Population Proportion -- 7-3 ; Estimating a Population Mean -- 7-4 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance -- 8 Hypothesis Testing -- 8-1 Review and Preview -- 8-2 Basics of Hypothesis Testing -- 8-3 Testing a Claim about a Proportion -- 8-4 Testing a Claim about a Mean -- 8-5 Testing a Claim about a Standard Deviation or Variance -- 9 Inferences from Two Samples -- 9-1 Review and Preview -- 9-2 Two Proportions.; 9-3 Two Means: Independent Samples -- 9-4 Two Dependent Samples (Matched Pairs) -- 10 Correlation and Regression -- 10-1 Review and Preview -- 10-2 Correlation -- 10-3 Regression -- 10-4 Rank Correlation -- 11 Chi-Square and Analysis of Variance -- 11-1 Review and Preview -- 11-2 Goodness-of-Fit -- 11-3 Contingency Tables -- 11-4 Analysis of Variance -- Appendix A Tables -- Appendix B Data Sets -- Appendix C Bibliography -- Appendix D Answers to Odd-Numbered Section Exercises -- Credits -- Index of Applications -- Index.
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