Essentials of statistics

Essentials of statistics

From SAT scores to job search methods, statistics influences and shapes the world around us. Marty Triola's text continues to be the bestseller because it helps students understand the relationship between statistics and the world, bringing life to the theory and methods.   Essentials of Stat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Triola, Mario F., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Harlow, England : Pearson [2014]
Edición:Fifth edition, Global edition
Colección:Always learning.
Materias:
Statistics.
Statistics > Study and teaching.
Statistics > Textbooks.
Libros electrónicos.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009632535006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction to Statistics
  • 1-1 Review and Preview
  • 1-2 Statistical and Critical Thinking
  • 1-3 Types of Data
  • 1-4 Collecting Sample Data
  • 2 Summarizing and Graphing Data
  • 2-1 Review and Preview
  • 2-2 Frequency Distributions
  • 2-3 Histograms
  • 2-4 Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive
  • 3 Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data
  • 3-1 Review and Preview
  • 3-2 Measures of Center
  • 3-3 Measures of Variation
  • 3-4 Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots
  • 4 Probability
  • 4-1 Review and Preview
  • 4-2 Basic Concepts of Probability
  • 4-3 Addition Rule
  • 4-4 Multiplication Rule: Basics
  • 4-5 Multiplication Rule: Complements and Conditional Probability
  • 4-6 Counting
  • 4-7 Probabilities through Simulations (on companion Web site)
  • 4-8 Bayes' Theorem (on companion Web site)
  • 5 Discrete Probability Distributions
  • 5-1 Review and Preview
  • 5-2 Probability Distributions
  • 5-3 Binomial Probability Distributions
  • 5-4 Parameters for Binomial Distributions
  • 6 Normal Probability Distributions
  • 6-1 Review and Preview
  • 6-2 The Standard Normal Distribution
  • 6-3 Applications of Normal Distributions
  • 6-4 Sampling Distributions and Estimators
  • 6-5 The Central Limit Theorem
  • 6-6 Assessing Normality
  • 6-7 Normal as Approximation to Binomial
  • 7 Estimates and Sample Sizes
  • 7-1 Review and Preview
  • 7-2 Estimating a Population Proportion
  • 7-3 Estimating a Population Mean
  • 7-4 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance
  • 8 Hypothesis Testing
  • 8-1 Review and Preview
  • 8-2 Basics of Hypothesis Testing
  • 8-3 Testing a Claim about a Proportion
  • 8-4 Testing a Claim about a Mean
  • 8-5 Testing a Claim about a Standard Deviation or Variance
  • 9 Inferences from Two Samples
  • 9-1 Review and Preview
  • 9-2 Two Proportions.
  • 9-3 Two Means: Independent Samples
  • 9-4 Two Dependent Samples (Matched Pairs)
  • 10 Correlation and Regression
  • 10-1 Review and Preview
  • 10-2 Correlation
  • 10-3 Regression
  • 10-4 Rank Correlation
  • 11 Chi-Square and Analysis of Variance
  • 11-1 Review and Preview
  • 11-2 Goodness-of-Fit
  • 11-3 Contingency Tables
  • 11-4 Analysis of Variance
  • Appendix A Tables
  • Appendix B Data Sets
  • Appendix C Bibliography
  • Appendix D Answers to Odd-Numbered Section Exercises
  • Credits
  • Index of Applications
  • Index.

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