Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis

✍ Scribed by Roxy Peck, Chris Olsen, Jay L. Devore

• Publisher: Cengage Learning;Brooks Cole;Cengage
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 842
• Edition: 5ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS introduces you to the study of statistics and data analysis by using real data and attention-grabbing examples. The authors guide you through an intuition-based learning process that stresses interpretation and communication of statistical information. Simple notation--including frequent substitution of words for symbols--helps you grasp concepts and cement your comprehension. You'll also find coverage of most major technologies as a problem-solving tool, plus hands-on activities in each chapter that allow you to practice statistics firsthand

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The role of statistics and the data analysis process --
Collecting data sensibly --
Graphical methods for describing data --
Numerical methods for describing data --
Summarizing bivariate data --
Probability --
Random variables and probability distributions --
Sampling variability and sampling distributions --
Estimation using a single sample --
Hypothesis testing using a single sample --
Comparing two populations or treatments --
The analysis of categorical data and goodness-of-fit tests --
Simple linear regression and correlation: inferential methods --
Multiple regression analysis --
Analysis of variance --
Nonparamentric (distribution-free) statistical methods.

✦ Subjects

Statistics