Statistics Informed Decisions Using Data

Name: Statistics Informed Decisions Using Data
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ISBN: 9780321568021

ISBN-10: 0321568028

ISBN-13: 9780321568021

Edition: 3rd 2010

Authors: Michael Sullivan

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Michael Sullivanrsquo;sStatistics: Informed Decisions Using Data, Third Edition, connects statistical concepts to readersrsquo; lives, helping them to think critically, become informed consumers of statistics, and make better decisions. Throughout the book, ldquo;Putting It Togetherrdquo; features help readers to visualize the relationships among various statistical concepts. This feature extends to the exercises, providing a consistent vision of the bigger picture of statistics. GETTING THE INFORMATION YOU NEED: Data Collection; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Organizing and Summarizing Data; Numerically Summarizing Data; Describing the Relation between Two Variables; PROBABILITY AND PROBABILITY…

Book details

List price: $175.33
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 1/17/2013
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 928
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.796
Language: English



Preface to the Instructor


Supplements


Technology Resources


An Introduction to the Applets


Applications Index



Getting the Information You Need



Data Collection



Introduction to the Practice of Statistics



Observational Studies versus Designed Experiments



Simple Random Sampling



Other Effective Sampling Methods



Bias in Sampling



The Design of Experiments



Review


Chapter Test?


Making an Informed Decision:What Movie Should I Go To?


Case Study: Chrysalises for Cash



Descriptive Statistics



Organizing and Summarizing Data



Organizing Qualitative Data



Organizing Quantitative Data:The Popular Displays



Additional Displays of Quantitative Data



Graphical Misrepresentations of Data



Review


Chapter Test


Making an Informed Decision:Tables or Graphs?


Case Study: The Day the Sky Roared



Numerically Summarizing Data



Measures of Central Tendency



Measures of Dispersion



Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion from Grouped Data



Measures of Position and Outliers



The Five-Number Summary and Boxplots



Review


Chapter Test


Making an Informed Decision: What Car Should I Buy?


Case Study:Who Was "A Mourner?



Describing the Relation between Two Variables



Scatter Diagrams and Correlation



Least-Squares Regression



Diagnostics on the Least-Squares Regression Line



Contingency Tables and Association



Nonlinear Regression:Transformations (on CD)



Review


Chapter Test


Making an Informed Decision: What Car Should I Buy?