Elementary statistics : picturing the world /: picturing the world. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber.
• Authors: Larson, Ron, 1941-; Farber, Elizabeth
• Contents: I. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 1. Introduction to Statistics 1.1 An Overview of Statistics 1.2 Data Classification 1.3 Data Collection and Experimental Design 2. Descriptive Statistics 2.1 Frequency Distributions and Their Graphs 2.2 More Graphs and Displays 2.3 Measures of Central Tendency 2.4 Measures of Variation 2.5 Measures of Position II. PROBABILITY AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS 3. Probability 3.1 Basic Concepts of Probability and Counting 3.2 Conditional Probability and the Multiplication Rule 3.3 The Addition Rule 3.4 Additional Topics in Probability and Counting 4. Discrete Probability Distributions 4.1 Probability Distributions 4.2 Binomial Distributions 4.3 More Discrete Probability Distributions 5. Normal Probability Distributions 5.1 Introduction to Normal Distributions and the Standard Normal Distribution 5.2 Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities 5.3 Normal Distributions: Finding Values 5.4 Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 5.5 Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions III. STATISTICAL INFERENCE 6. Confidence Intervals 6.1 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (S Known) 6.2 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (S Unknown) 6.3 Confidence Intervals for Population Proportions 6.4 Confidence Intervals for Variance and Standard Deviation 7. Hypothesis Testing with One Sample 7.1 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing 7.2 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (S Known) 7.3 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (S Unknown) 7.4 Hypothesis Testing for Proportions 7.5 Hypothesis Testing for Variance and Standard Deviation 8. Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples 8.1 Testing the Difference Between Means (Independent Samples, S1 and S2 Known) 8.2 Testing the Difference Between Means (Independent Samples, S1 and S2 Unknown) 8.3 Testing the Difference Between Means (Dependent Samples) 8.4 Testing the Difference Between Proportions IV. MORE STATISTICAL INFERENCE 9. Correlation and Regression 9.1 Correlation 9.2 Linear Regression 9.3 Measures of Regression and Prediction Intervals 9.4 Multiple Regression 10. Chi-Square Tests and the F -Distribution 10.1 Goodness-of-Fit Test 10.2 Independence 10.3 Comparing Two Variances 10.4 Analysis of Variance APPENDICES Appendix A: Alternative Presentation of the Standard Normal Distribution Appendix B: Tables.
• Edition: Seventh edition Global edition
• Publisher Details: Harlow : Pearson
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 519.5; Statistics -- Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781292260556; 1292260556
• Related ISBNs: 9781292260464
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