Statistics for engineering and the sciences. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William Mendenhall, Terry Sincich.
• Authors: Mendenhall, William; Sincich, Terry
• Contents: Introduction; STATISTICS IN ACTION DDT Contamination of Fish in the Tennessee River; Statistics: The Science of Data; Fundamental Elements of Statistics; Types of Data; Collecting Data: Sampling; The Role of Statistics in Critical Thinking; A Guide to Statistical Methods Presented in This Text; STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED DDT Contamination of Fish in the Tennessee River—Identifying the Data Collection Method, Population, Sample, and Types of Data Descriptive Statistics; STATISTICS IN ACTION Characteristics of Contaminated Fish in the Tennessee River, Alabama; Graphical and Numerical Methods for Describing Qualitative Data; Graphical Methods for Describing Quantitative Data; Numerical Methods for Describing Quantitative Data; Measures of Central Tendency; Measures of Variation; Measures of Relative Standing; Methods for Detecting Outliers; Distorting the Truth with Descriptive Statistics; STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED Characteristics of Contaminated Fish in the Tennessee River, Alabama Probability; STATISTICS IN ACTION Assessing Predictors of Software Defects in NASA Spacecraft; Instrument Code; The Role of Probability in Statistics; Events, Sample Spaces, and Probability; Compound Events; Complementary Events; Conditional Probability; Probability Rules for Unions and Intersections; Bayes’ Rule (Optional); Some Counting Rules; Probability and Statistics: An Example; STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED Assessing Predictors of Software Defects in NASA Spacecraft Instrument Code Discrete Random Variables; STATISTICS IN ACTION The Reliability of a "One-Shot" Device; Discrete Random Variables; The Probability Distribution for a Discrete Random Variable; Expected Values for Random Variables; Some Useful Expectation Theorems; Bernoulli Trials; The Binomial Probability Distribution; The Multinomial Probability Distribution; The Negative Binomial and the Geometric Probability Distributions; The Hypergeometric Probability Distribution; The Poisson Probability Distribution; Moments and Moment Generating Functions (Optional ); STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED The Reliability of a "One-Shot" Device Continuous Random Variables; STATISTICS IN ACTION Super Weapons Development—Optimizing the Hit Ratio; Continuous Random Variables; The Density Function for a Continuous Random Variable; Expected Values for Continuous Random Variables; The Uniform Probability Distribution; The Normal Probability Distribution; Descriptive Methods for Assessing Normality; Gamma-Type Probability Distributions; The Weibull Probability Distribution; Beta-Type Probability Distributions; Moments and Moment Generating Functions (Optional ); STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISTED Super Weapons Development—Optimizing the Hit Ratio Bivariate Probability Distributions and Sampling Distributions; STATISTICS IN ACTION Availability of an Up/Down Maintained System; Bivariate Probability Distributions for Discrete Random Variables; Bivariate Probability Distributions for Continuous Random Variables; The Expected Value of Functions of Two Random Variables; Independence; The Covariance and Correlation of Two Random Variables; Probability Distributions and Expected Values of Functions of Random Variables (Optional ); Sampling Distributions; Approximating a Sampling Distribution by Monte Carlo Simulation; The Sampling Distributions of Means and Sums; Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution; Sampling Distributions Related to the Normal Distribution; STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED Availability of an Up/Down Maintained System Estimation Using Confidence Intervals; STATISTICS IN ACTION Bursting Strength of PET Beverage Bottles; Point Estimators and their Properties; Finding Point Estimators: Classical Methods of Estimation; Finding Interval Estimators: The Pivotal Method; Estimation of a Population Mean; Estimation of the Difference between Two Population Means: Independent Samples; Estimation of the Difference between Two Population Means: Matched Pairs; Estimation of a Population Proportion; Estimation of the Difference between Two Population Proportions; Estimation of a Population Variance; Estimation of the Ratio of Two Population Variances; Choosing the Sample Size; Alternative Interval Estimation Methods: Bootstrapping and Bayesian Methods (Optional ); STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED Bursting Strength of PET Beverage Bottles Tests of Hypotheses; STATISTICS IN ACTION Comparing Methods for Dissolving Drug Tablets—Dissolution Method Equivalence Testing; The Relationship between Statistical Tests of Hypotheses and Confidence Intervals; Elements and Properties of a Statistical Test; Finding Statistical Tests: Classical Methods; Choosing the Null and Alternative Hypotheses; The Observed Significance Level for a Test; Testing a Population Mean; Testing the Difference between Two Population Means: Independent Samples; Testing the Difference between Two Population Means: Matched Pairs; Testing a Population Proportion; Testing the Difference between Two Population Proportions; Testing a Population Variance; Testing the Ratio of Two Population Variances; Alternative Testing Procedures: Bootstrapping and Bayesian Methods (Optional ); STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED Comparing Methods for Dissolving Drug Tablets—Dissolution Method Equivalence Testing Categorical Data Analysis; STATISTICS IN ACTION The Case of the Ghoulish Transplant Tissue—Who Is Responsible for Paying Damages?; Categorical Data and Multinomial Probabilities; Estimating Category Probabilities in a One-Way Table; Testing Category Probabilities in a One-Way Table; Inferences about Category Probabilities in a Two-Way (Contingency) Table; Contingency Tables with Fixed Marginal Totals; Exact Tests for Independence in a Contingency Table Analysis (Optional ); STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED The Case of the Ghoulish Transplant Tissue Simple Linear Regression; STATISTICS IN ACTION Can Dowsers Really Detect Water?; Regression Models; Model Assumptions; Estimating β 0 and β 1 : The Method of Least Squares; Properties of the Least-Squares Estimators; An Estimator of σ 2 ; Assessing the Utility of the Model: Making Inferences about the Slope; The Coefficients of Correlation and Determination; Using the Model for Estimation and Prediction; Checking the Assumptions: Residual Analysis; A Complete Example; A Summary of the Steps to Follow in Simple Linear Regression; STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED Can Dowsers Really Detect Water? Multiple Regression Analysis; STATISTICS IN ACTION Bid-Rigging in the Highway Construction Industry; General Form of a Multiple Regression Model; Model Assumptions; Fitting the Model: The Method of Least Squares; Computations Using Matrix Algebra: Estimating and Making Inferences about the Individual Parameters; Assessing Overall Model Adequacy; A Confidence Interval for and a Prediction Interval for a Future Value of y ; A First-Order Model with Quantitative Predictors; An Interaction Model with Quantitative Predictors; A Quadratic (Second-Order) Model with a Quantitative Predictor; Regression Residuals and Outliers; Some Pitfalls: Estimability, Multicollinearity, and Extrapolation; A Summary of the Steps to Follow in a Multiple Regression Analysis; STATISTICS IN ACTION REVISITED Building a Model for Road Construction Costs in a Sealed Bid Market Model Building; STATISTICS IN ACTION Deregulation of the Intrastate Trucking Industry; Introduction: Why Model Building Is Important; The Two
• Edition: Sixth edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 519.5; Mathematical statistics; Engineering -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498728898; 9781498728874; 9781498728881
• Related ISBNs: 9781498728850
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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