A Data Based Approach to Statistics
Published on 1. November 2000
Book
Hardback
604 pages
978-0-534-23496-6 (ISBN)
Description
This text presents introductory statistics from the perspective of real-world situations. Each section within a chapter starts with a realistic "data setting" illustrating the corresponding method. Throughout the text, students are encouraged to use graphic displays to get a feeling for the information contained in the sample data and to check the reasonableness of the corresponding assumptions.
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Edition
Abridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Abridged edition
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Weight
1157 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-23496-6 (9780534234966)
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Content
Part I: Data Skills. 1. Data Collection. 2. Data Display. 3. Data Summarizaton. Part II: Probability and Distibutions. 4. Probability and Discrete and Continuous Populations. 5. Discrete and Continuous Distributions. Part III: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing. 6. Estimation (One Sample). 7. Hypothesis Testing. 8. Two Related Samples (Matched Pairs). 9. Estimation and Hypothesis Testing with Two Independent Samples. Part IV: Enumerative Data. 10. Analysis of Enumerative Data. Part V: Correlation and Regression. 11. Correlation. 12. Simple Linear Regression. Part VII: Experimental Design. 13. One-Factor Experiments.