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Statistics in Practice

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ISBN-10: 0030271142

ISBN-13: 9780030271144

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Ernest Blaisdell

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List price: $359.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 11/14/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 583
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English

Volume 1
A First Look at Statistics and MINITAB Why Study Statistics?
What is Statistics?
An Introduction to MINITAB
Describing Data: Graphical and Numerical Methods Graphical Methods for Quantitative Data: Frequency Distributions and Histograms
Graphical Methods for Quantitative Data: Dotplots and Stem-and-Leaf Displays
Graphical Methods for Qualitative Data: Bar and Pie Charts
Numerical Measures of Central Location
Numerical Measures of Variability
Understanding the Significance of Standard Deviation
Measures of Relative Position
Modeling Bivariate Data: Describing the Relationship Between Two Variables Straight Lines and the SS( ) Notation
Scatter Diagrams
Linear Regression and the Method of Least Squares
Correlation: Measuring the Usefulness of the Model
Probability: Measuring Uncertainty Probability, Sample Spaces and Events
Basic Techniques for Counting Sample Points
The Addition Rule of Probability
The Multiplication and Conditional Rules of Probability
The Complement Rule of Probability
Combining the Rules of Probability
Random Variables and Discrete Probability Random Variables
Discrete Probability Distributions
The Mean of a Discrete Random Variable
Measuring the Variability of a Random Variable
Special Discrete Probability Distributions Binomial Experiments
The Binomial Probability Distribution
The Mean and the Standard Deviation of a Binomial Random Variable
The Hypergeometric Probability Distribution (Optional). The Poisson Probability Distribution (Optional)
Normal Probability Distributions Probability Distributions of Continuous Random Variables
Normal Probability Distributions
Applications of Normal Distributions
Using Normal Distributions to Approximate Binomial Distributions
Sampling Methods and Sampling Distributions Random Sampling
Other Scientific Sampling Methods
Sampling Distributions
The Central Limit Theorem
Applications of the Central Limit Theorem
Estimating Means, Proportions and Variances: Single Sample Basic Concepts of Estimating Population Parameters
Confidence Interval for a Mean: Large Sample Student''s Probability Distributions
Confidence Interval for a Mean: Small Sample
Confidence Interval for a Proportion: Large Sample
Determining the Required Sample Size
Chi-Square Probability Distributions Confidence Interval for a Variance
Tests of Hypotheses: Single Sample Basic Concepts of Testing Statistical Hypotheses
Hypothesis Test for a Mean: Large Sample
Hypothesis Test for a Mean: Small Sample
Hypothesis Test for a Proportion: Large Sample
Hypothesis Test for a Variance
Using p-Values to Report Test Results
Tests of Hypotheses and Estimation: Two Samples Large-Sample Inferences for Two Means: Independent Samples
Small-Sample Inferences for Two Means: Independent Samples and Equal Variances
Small-Sample Inferences for Two Means: Independent Samples and Unequal Variances (Optional). Inferences for Two Means: Paired Samples
Large Sample Inferences for Two Proportions
Determining Required Sample Sizes
F Probability Distributions
Inferences for Two Variances
Chi-Square Tests for Analyzing Count Data Count Data and the Chi-Square Statistic
Hypothesis Test for a Multinomial Experiment
Hypothesis Test for a Contingency Table
Hypothesis Test for Two or More Proportions
Volume II
Analysis of Variance The Analysis of Variance Technique
The Analysis of Variance Table and Computing Formulas
Applications of the One-Way Analysis of Variance
Estimation of Means
Randomized Block Designs and the Analysis of Variance
Linear Regression Analysis The Simple Linear Model and Related Assumptions
Fitting the Model by the Method of Least Squares
Inferences for the Slope to Assess the Usefulness of the Model
The Coefficients of Correlation and Determination to Measure the Usefulness of the Model
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