Intro STATS

Name: Intro STATS
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ISBN: 9780321500458

ISBN-10: 0321500458

ISBN-13: 9780321500458

Edition: 3rd 2009

Authors: Paul F. Velleman, David E. Bock, Richard D. de Veaux, Paul D. Velleman

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KEY MESSAGE:Intro Stats, Third Edition, continues and extends the successful innovations pioneered in the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock books, teaching statistics and statistical thinking for todays readers. This book uses a fun, conversational writing style, real data, and short, accessible chapters. The consistent Think/Show/Tell model for worked examples reinforces thinking about how to approach a statistics problem, showing how to solve it, and reporting the conclusion in the context of the problem. nbsp; KEY TOPICS: Exploring and Understanding Data; Exploring Relationships between Variables; Gathering Data; Randomness and Probability; From the Data at Hand to the World At Large; Learning…

Book details

List price: $151.33
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Addison Wesley Higher Education
Publication date: 1/1/2008
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 864
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.4
Language: English




Exploring and Understanding Data



Stats Starts Here



Data



Displaying and Describing Categorical Data



Displaying and Summarizing Quantitative Data



Understanding and Comparing Distributions



The Standard Deviation as a Ruler and the Normal Model Review of Part I Exploring and Understanding Data



Exploring Relationships between Variables



Scatterplots, Association, and Correlation



Linear Regression



Regression Wisdom



Re-expressing Data: Get It Straight!Review of Part II Exploring Relationships Between Variables



Gathering Data



Understanding Randomness



Sample Surveys



Experiments and Observational Studies


Review of Part III Gathering Data



Randomness and Probability



From Randomness to Probability



Probability Rules!



Random Variables



Probability Models


Review of Part IV Randomness and Probability



From the Data at Hand to the World At Large



Sampling Distribution Models



Confidence Intervals for Proportions



Testing Hypotheses about Proportions



More about Tests



Comparing Two Proportions


Review of Part V From the Data at Hand to the World at Large



Learning about the World



Inferences about Means



Comparing Means



Paired Samples and Blocks


Review of Part VI Learning About the World



Inference When Variables are Related



Comparing Counts



Inferences for Regression


Review of Part VII Inference When Variables Are Related



Analysis of Variance-on the CD



Multiple Regression-on the CD


Appendixes



Answers



Photo Acknowledgements



Index



Tables and Selected Formulas