Elementary Statistics: A Step-By-Step Approach with MathZone Student Edition - Rilegato

Bluman, Allan G.

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ISBN 10: 0073016470 ISBN 13: 9780073016474

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2004

Riassunto

ELEMENTARY STATISTICS: A STEP BY STEP APPROACH is for general beginning statistics courses with a basic algebra prerequisite. The book is non-theoretical, explaining concepts intuitively and teaching problem solving through worked examples and step-by-step instructions. This edition features increased emphasis on Excel, MINITAB, and the TI-83 Plus graphing calculator, computing technologies commonly used in such coureses.

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L'autore

Allan G. Bluman is Professor of Mathematics at Community College of Allegheny County, near Pittsburgh. For the McKeesport and New Kensington Campuses of Pennsylvania State University, he has taught teacher-certification and graduate education statistics courses. Prior to his college teaching, he taught mathematics at a junior high school.

Professor Bluman received his B.S. from California State College in California, Penn.; his M.Ed. from the University of Pittsburgh; and, in 1971, his Ed.D., also from the University of Pittsburgh. His major field of study was mathematics education.

In addition to Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach, Third Edition, and Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version, the author has published several professional articles and the Modern Math Fun Book (Cuisenaire Publishing Company). He has spoken and presided at national and local mathematics conferences and has served as newsletter editor for the Pennsylvania State Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges. He is a member of the American Statistical Association, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the Mathematics Council of Western Pennsylvania. Al Bluman is married and has two children. His hobbies include writing, bicycling, and swimming.

Contenuti

1The Nature of Probability and Statistics

1-1 Introduction

1-2 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

1-3 Variables and Types of Data

1-4 Data Collection and Sampling Techniques

1-5 Observational and Experimental Studies

1-6 Uses and Misuses of Statistics

1-7 Computers and Calculators

1-8 Summary

2Frequency Distributions and Graphs

2-1 Introduction

2-2 Organizing Data

2-3 Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives

2-4 Other Types of Graphs

2-5 Summary

3Data Description

3-1 Introduction

3-2 Measures of Central Tendency

3-3 Measures of Variation

3-4 Measures of Position

3-5 Exploratory Data Analysis

3-6 Summary

4Probability and Counting Rules

4-1 Introduction

4-2 Sample Spaces and Probability

4-3 The Addition Rules for Probability

4-4 The Multiplication Rules and Conditional Probability

4-5 Counting Rules

4-6 Probability and Counting Rules

4-7 Summary

5Discrete Probability Distributions

5-1 Introduction

5-2 Probability Distributions

5-3 Mean, Variance, and Expectation

5-4 The Binomial Distribution

5-5 Other Types of Distributions (Optional)

5-6 Summary

6The Normal Distribution

6-1 Introduction

6-2 Properties of the Normal Distribution

6-3 The Standard Normal Distribution

6-4 Applications of the Normal Distribution

6-5 The Central Limit Theorem

6-6 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution

6-7 Summary

7 Confidence Intervals and Sample Size

7-1 Introduction

7-2 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (s Known or n30)

7-3 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (s Unknown or n<30)

7-4 Confidence Intervals and Sample Size for Proportions

7-5 Confidence Intervals for Variances and Standard Deviations

7-6 Summary

8Hypothesis Testing

8-1 Introduction

8-2 Steps in Hypothesis Testing - Traditional Method

8-3 z Test for a Mean

8-4 t Test for a Mean

8-5 z Test for a Proportion

8-6 chi^2 test for a Variance or Standard Deviation

8-7 Additional Topics Regarding Hypothesis Testing

8-8 Summary

9Testing the Difference Between Two Means, Two Variances, and Two Proportions

9-1 Introduction

9-2 Testing the Difference Between Two Means: Large Samples

9-3 Testing the Difference Between Two Variances

9-4 Testing the Difference Between Two Means: Small Independent Samples

9-5 Testing the Difference Between Two Means: Small Dependent Samples

9-6 Testing the Difference Between Proportions

9-7 Summary

10Correlation and Regression

10-1 Introduction

10-2 Scatter Plots

10-3 Correlation

10-4 Regression

10-5 Coefficient of Determination and Standard Error of the Estimate

10-6 Multiple Regression (Optional)

10-7 Summary

11Other Chi-Square Tests

11-1 Introduction

11-2 Test for Goodness of Fit

11-3 Tests Using Contingency Tables

11-4 Summary

12 Analysis of Variance

12-1 Introduction

12-2 One-Way Analysis of Variance

12-3 The Scheffé Test and the Tukey Test

12-4 Two-Way Analysis of Variance

12-5 Summary

13Nonparametric Statistics

13-1 Introduction

13-2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Nonparametric Methods

13-3 The Sign Test

13-4 The Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

13-5 The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test

13-6 The Kruskal-Wallis Test

13-7 The Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient and the Runs Test

18-8 Summary

14Sampling and Simulation

14-1 Introduction

14-2 Common Sampling Techniques

14-3 Surveys and Questionnaire Design

14-4 Simulation Techniques

14-5 The Monte Carlo Method

14-6 Summary

Appendix A: Algebra Review

Appendix B-1: Writing the Research Report

Appendix B-2: Bayes's Theorem

Appendix B-3: Alternate Method for the Standard Normal Distribution

Appendix C: Tables

Appendix D: Data Bank

Appendix E: Glossary

Appendix F: Bibliography

Appendix G: Photo Credits

Appendix H: Selected Answers

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0073016470
• ISBN 13: 9780073016474
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 5