Elementary statistics: picturing the world

✍ Scribed by Larson, Ron;Farber, Betsy

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2014;2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 716
• Edition: 6th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Normal 0 false false false Statistics opens a window to the modern world, and this market-leading text makes it easy to understand! Larson and Farber'sElementary Statistics: Picturing the World, Sixth Edition, provides stepped out instruction, real-life examples and exercises, and the use of technology to offer the most accessible approach. The authors carefully develop theory through strong pedagogy, and examples show how statistics is used to picture and describe the world. In keeping with the premise that students learn best by doing, it includes more than 210 examples and more than 2300 exercises, to make the concepts of statistics a part of students' everyday lives.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Supplements......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 17
How to Study Statistics......Page 19
Index of Applications......Page 20
1 Introduction to Statistics......Page 24
Where You're Going......Page 25
1.1 A n Overview of Statistics......Page 26
1.2 Data Classification......Page 33
Case Study: Rating Television......Page 40
1.3 Data Collection and Experimental Design......Page 41
Activity: Random Numbers......Page 51
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 52
Chapter Summary......Page 53
Review Exercises......Page 54
Chapter Quiz......Page 56
Chapter Test......Page 57
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 58
History of Statistics—Timeline......Page 59
Technology: Using Technology in Statistics......Page 60
2 Descriptive Statistics......Page 62
Where You're Going......Page 63
2.1 Frequency Distributions and Their Graphs......Page 64
2.2 More Graphs and Displays......Page 79
2.3 Measures of Central Tendency......Page 91
Activity: Mean Versus Median......Page 105
2.4 Measures of Variation......Page 106
Activity: Standard Deviation......Page 124
Case Study: Business Size......Page 125
2.5 Measures of Position......Page 126
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 138
Chapter Summary......Page 139
Review Exercises......Page 140
Chapter Quiz......Page 144
Chapter Test......Page 145
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 146
Technology: Parking Tickets......Page 147
Using Technology to Determine Descriptive Statistics......Page 148
Cumulative Review: Chapters 1 and 2......Page 150
3 Probability......Page 152
Where You're Going......Page 153
3.1 Basic Concepts of Probability and Counting......Page 154
Activity: Simulating the Stock Market......Page 170
3.2 Conditional Probability and the Multiplication Rule......Page 171
3.3 The Addition Rule......Page 181
Activity: Simulating the Probability of Rolling a 3 or 4......Page 190
Case Study: United States Congress......Page 191
3.4 A dditional Topics in Probability and Counting......Page 192
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 202
Chapter Summary......Page 203
Review Exercises......Page 204
Chapter Quiz......Page 208
Chapter Test......Page 209
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 210
Technology: Simulation: Composing Mozart Variations with Dice......Page 211
4 Discrete Probability Distributions......Page 212
Where You're Going......Page 213
4.1 Probability Distributions......Page 214
4.2 Binomial Distributions......Page 225
Activity: Binomial Distribution......Page 238
Case Study: Distribution of Number of Hits in Baseball Games......Page 239
4.3 More Discrete Probability Distributions......Page 240
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 247
Chapter Summary......Page 248
Review Exercises......Page 249
Chapter Quiz......Page 252
Chapter Test......Page 253
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 254
Technology: Using Poisson Distributions as Queuing Models......Page 255
5 Normal Probability Distributions......Page 256
Where You’re Going......Page 257
5.1 Introduction to Normal Distributions......Page 258
5.2 Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities......Page 270
5.3 Normal Distributions: Finding Values......Page 276
Case Study: Birth Weights in America......Page 284
5.4 Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem......Page 285
Activity: Sampling Distributions......Page 298
5.5 Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions......Page 299
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 308
Chapter Summary......Page 309
Review Exercises......Page 310
Chapter Quiz......Page 314
Chapter Test......Page 315
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 316
Technology: Age Distribution in the United States......Page 317
Cumulative Review: Chapters 3 – 5......Page 318
6 Confidence Intervals......Page 320
Where You’re Going......Page 321
6.1 Confidence Intervals for the Mean......Page 322
6.2 Confidence Intervals for the Mean......Page 334
Activity: Confidence Intervals for a Mean......Page 342
Case Study: Marathon Training......Page 343
6.3 Confidence Intervals for Population Proportions......Page 344
Activity: Confidence Intervals for a Proportion......Page 353
6.4 Confidence Intervals for Variance and Standard Deviation......Page 354
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 360
Chapter Summary......Page 361
Review Exercises......Page 362
Chapter Quiz......Page 364
Chapter Test......Page 365
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 366
Technology: Most Admired Polls......Page 367
Using Technology to Construct Confidence Intervals......Page 368
7 Hypothesis Testing with One Sample......Page 370
Where You’re Going......Page 371
7.1 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing......Page 372
7.2 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean......Page 387
7.3 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean......Page 401
Activity: Hypothesis Tests for a Mean......Page 410
Case Study: Human Body Temperature: What’s Normal?......Page 411
7.4 Hypothesis Testing for Proportions......Page 412
Activity: Hypothesis Tests for a Proportion......Page 417
7.5 Hypothesis Testing for Variance and Standard Deviation......Page 418
A Summary of Hypothesis Testing......Page 426
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 428
Chapter Summary......Page 429
Review Exercises......Page 430
Chapter Quiz......Page 434
Chapter Test......Page 435
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 436
Technology: The Case of the Vanishing Women......Page 437
Using Technology to Perform Hypothesis Tests......Page 438
8 Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples......Page 440
Where You’re Going......Page 441
8.1 Testing the Difference Between Means......Page 442
8.2 Testing the Difference Between Means......Page 452
Case Study: How Protein Affects Weight Gain......Page 460
8.3 Testing the Difference Between Means......Page 461
8.4 Testing the Difference Between Proportions......Page 471
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 478
Chapter Summary......Page 479
Review Exercises......Page 480
Chapter Quiz......Page 484
Chapter Test......Page 485
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 486
Technology: Tails over Heads......Page 487
Using Technology to Perform Two-Sample Hypothesis Tests......Page 488
Cumulative Review: Chapters 6 – 8......Page 490
9 Correlation and Regression......Page 492
Where You’re Going......Page 493
9.1 Correlation......Page 494
Activity: Correlation by Eye......Page 509
9.2 Linear Regression......Page 510
Activity: Regression by Eye......Page 520
Case Study: Correlation of Body Measurements......Page 521
9.3 Measures of Regression and Prediction Intervals......Page 522
9.4 Multiple Regression......Page 533
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 538
Chapter Summary......Page 539
Review Exercises......Page 540
Chapter Quiz......Page 544
Chapter Test......Page 545
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 546
Technology: Nutrients in Breakfast Cereals......Page 547
10 Chi-Square Tests and the F -Distribution......Page 548
Where You’re Going......Page 549
10.1 Goodness-of-Fit Test......Page 550
10.2 Independence......Page 560
Case Study: Food Safety Survey......Page 572
10.3 Comparing Two Variances......Page 573
10.4 Analysis of Variance......Page 582
Uses and Abuses: Statistics in the Real World......Page 594
Chapter Summary......Page 595
Review Exercises......Page 596
Chapter Quiz......Page 600
Chapter Test......Page 601
Real Statistics—Real Decisions: Putting it all together......Page 602
Technology: Teacher Salaries......Page 603
Cumulative Review: Chapters 9 and 10......Page 604
Standard Normal Distribution Table (0-to-z)......Page 607
Alternative Presentation of the Standard Normal Distribution......Page 608
Table 1 Random Numbers......Page 613
Table 2 Binomial Distribution......Page 614
Table 3 Poisson Distribution......Page 617
Table 4 Standard Normal Distribution......Page 622
Table 5 t-Distribution......Page 624
Table 6 Chi-Square Distribution......Page 625
Table 7 F -Distribution......Page 626
Table 9 Critical Values for the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test......Page 631
Table 11 Critical Values for the Pearson Correlation Coefficient......Page 632
Table 12 Critical Values for the Number of Runs......Page 633
APPENDIX C Normal Probability Plots......Page 634
Answers to the Try It Yourself Exercises......Page 637
Answers to the Odd-Numbered Exercises......Page 654
C......Page 701
E......Page 702
L......Page 703
P......Page 704
S......Page 705
T......Page 706
Z......Page 707
Photo Credits......Page 708

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