Essentials of Statistics

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Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyStatLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyStatLab, search for ISBN-10: 0133864960/ISBN-13: 9780133864960. That package includes ISBN-10: 0321847997/ISBN-13:9780321847997, ISBN-10: 032184839X/ISBN-13:9780321848390 andISBN-10: 0321924592/ISBN-13: 9780321924599.   MyStatLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor. 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 Statistics raises the bar with every edition by incorporating an unprecedented amount of real and interesting data that will help instructors connect with students today, and help them connect statistics to their daily lives. The Fifth Edition contains more than 1,800 exercises, 89% of which use real data and 85% of which are new. Hundreds of examples are included, 91% of which use real data and 84% of which are new. New coverage of Ethics in Statistics highlights new guidelines that have been established in the industry. 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 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z