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Just the Essentials of Elementary Statistics

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ISBN-10: 0495418358

ISBN-13: 9780495418351

Edition: 10th 2008

Authors: Robert R. Johnson, Patricia J. Kuby

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In their own classrooms, through their popular texts, and in the conferences they lead, Bob Johnson and Pat Kuby have inspired hundreds of thousands of students and their instructors to see the utility and practicality of statistics. Robert Johnson and Patricia Kuby's ELEMENTARY STATISTICS, Tenth Edition has been consistently praised by users and reviewers for its clear exposition and relevant examples, exercises, and applications. Technology enhancements include the addition of Video Skillbuilders and StatisticsNow? (part of the ThomsonNOW? suite of technology products), our personalized online learning companion. This increased focus on technology to help students succeed, along with the…    
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List price: $221.95
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 12/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English

Jerry Aldridge is professor of curriculum and instruction and coordinator of the doctoral program in early childhood education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a former president of the United States chapter of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education and currently serves on the publications committee of the Association for Childhood Education International. Aldridge has published numerous articles in early childhood, literacy, and special education.Patricia Kuby, Ph.D., is professor and chair of early childhood education at Athens State University in Alabama .nbsp;She learned to appreciate the importance of environmental print as her children read signs and…    

Descriptive Statistics
Statistics
Americans, Here's Looking At You
What is Statistics? Measurability and Variability
Data Collection
Comparison of Probability and Statistics
Statistics and Technology
Descriptive Analysis and Presentation of Single-Variable Data
You and the Internet
Graphical Presentation of Data
Graphs, Pareto Diagrams, and Stem-And-Leaf Displays
Frequency Distributions and Histograms
Numerical Descriptive Statistics
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Dispersion
Measures of Position
Interpreting and Understanding Standard Deviation
The Art of Statistical Deception
Mean and Standard Deviation of Frequency Distribution (Optional)
Descriptive Analysis and Presentation of Bivariate Data
The Kid is All Grown Up
Bivariate Data
Linear Correlation
Linear Regression
Probability
Probability
Sweet Statistics
Probability of Events
Conditional Probability of Events
Rules of Probability
Mutually Exclusive Events
Independent Events
Mutually Exclusive, Independent Events?
A Relationship?
Probability Distributions (Discrete Variables)
Caffeine Drinking
Random Variables
Probability Distribution of a Discrete Random Variable
Mean and Variance of a Discrete Probability Distribution
The Binomial Probability Distribution
Mean and Standard Deviation of the Binomial Distribution
Normal Probability Distributions
Intelligence Scores
Normal Probability Distributions
The Standard Normal Distribution
Applications of Normal Distributions
Notation
Normal Approximation of the Binomial
Sample Variability
275 Million Americans
Sampling Distributions
The Sampling Distribution of Sample Means
Application of the Sampling Distribution of Sample Means
Inferential Statistics
Introduction to Statistical Inferences
Were They Shorter Back Then? The Nature of Estimation
Estimation of a Mean (= known)
The Nature of Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Test of Mean 8 (= Known): A Probability Value Approach
Hypothesis Test of Mean 8 (= Known): A Classical Approach
Inferences Involving One Population
Get Enough Daily Exercise? Inferences About Mean 8 (= Unknown)
Inferences About the Binomial Probability of Success
Inferences About Variance and Standard Deviation
Inferences Involving Two Populations
Students, Credit Cards and Debt
Independent and Dependent Samples
Inferences Concerning the Mean Difference Using Two Dependent Samples
Inferences Concerning the Difference Between Means Using Two Independent Samples
Inferences Concerning the Difference Between Proportions Using Two Independent Samples
Inferences Concerning the Ratio of Variances Using Two Independent Samples
More Inferential Statistics
Applications of Chi-Square
Cooling a Great Hot Taste
Chi-Square Statistic
Inferences Concerning Multinomial Experiments
Inferences Concerning Contingency Tables