| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xx, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Basics -- 1: Let's get started -- 2: Data, data everywhere and not a drop to drink -- 3: Displaying descriptive statistics -- 4: Calculating descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency (mean, median, and mode) -- 5: Calculating descriptive statistics: measures of dispersion -- Part 2: Probability Topics -- 6: Introduction to probability -- 7: More probability stuff -- 8: Counting principles and probability distributions -- 9: Binomial probability distribution -- 10: Poisson probability distribution -- 11: Normal probability distribution -- Part 3: Inferential Statistics -- 12: Sampling -- 13: Sampling distributions -- 14: Confidence intervals -- 15: Introduction to hypothesis testing -- 16: Hypothesis testing with one sample -- 17: Hypothesis testing with two samples -- Part 4: Advanced Inferential Statistics -- 18: Chi-square probability distribution -- 19: Analysis of variance -- 20: Correlation and simple regression -- Appendixes -- A: Solutions to "your turn" -- B: Statistical tables -- C: Glossary -- Index. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: Not a numbers person? No problem! This new edition is aimed at high school and college students who need to take statistics to fulfill a degree requirement and follows a standard statistics curriculum. Readers will find information on frequency distributions; mean, median, and mode; range, variance, and standard deviation; probability; and more. Emphasizes Microsoft Excel for number-crunching and computations. |
| Subject |
Statistics.
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| ISBN |
9781592576340 (pbk.) |
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1592576346 (pbk.) |
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