A Problem Solving ApproachNow available with Macmillan's Achieve, Introductory Statistics helps students develop the fundamental lifelong skill of solving problems and interpreting solutions in real-world terms.
Über den Autor
Stephen Kokoska
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 0 Why Study Statistics
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Statistics and Statistical Inference
Chapter 2 Tables and Graphs for Summarizing Data
Chapter 3 Numerical Summary Measures
Chapter 4 Probability
Chapter 5 Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions
Chapter 6 Continuous Probability Distributions
Chapter 7 Sampling Distributions
Chapter 8 Confidence Intervals Based on a Single Sample
Chapter 9 Hypothesis Tests Based on a Single Sample
Chapter 10 Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests Based on Two Samples or Treatments
Chapter 11 The Analysis of Variance
Chapter 12 Correlation and Linear Regression
Chapter 13 Categorical Data and Frequency Tables
Chapter 14 Nonparametric Statistics
Optional Sections (available online at macmillanlearning.com/introstats3e):
Section 6.5 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution
Section 12.6 The Polynomial and Qualitative Predictor Models
Section 12.7 Model Selection Procedures
Klappentext
In almost every occupation and in ordinary daily life, students will have to make data-driven decisions and inferences, as well as assess risk. This textbook helps students develop the fundamental lifelong skill of solving problems and interpreting solutions in real-world terms.
The author makes the problem-solving approach accessible and easy to apply in many situations which is especially important for students from a wide range of academic and career backgrounds, including business, science and technology, and education. This text is designed to help students fully understand the steps in basic statistical arguments, emphasising the importance of assumptions in order to follow valid arguments or identify inaccurate conclusions. Most importantly, students will understand the process of statistical inference.
Undergraduate students studying mathematics and statistics
