Elementary Statistics, plus MyStatLab
12th Edition
Published on 1. August 2013
Book
Mixed media product
978-1-4479-5022-6 (ISBN)
Description
This package includes a physical copy of Elementary Statistics, 12th edition by Mario F. Triola as well as access to MyStatLab.
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. Elementary 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 Twelfth 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 industry.
MyLab and Mastering from Pearson improve results for students and educators. Used by over ten million students, they effectively engage learners at every stage.
MathXL is being used in universities all over the world to improve student performance. MathXL has immersive content and engaging tools, along with time-saving automatic grading.
With MathXL, students gain knowledge that they will use throughout their lives, and universities gain a partner deeply committed to helping students and educators achieve their goals.
For students
Personalised study plan: MyMathLab gives you the opportunity to test yourself on key concepts and skills and generates a study plan based on topics you have not yet mastered. The study plan links to interactive exercises with guidance, to give you help when you need it most.
Help Me Solve This breaks the problem down into manageable chunks so you can work through the methodology a stage at a time, applying what you've learnt as you go along.
The questions are free response so you can give truly mathematical answers using the intuitive yet comprehensive maths palette or the graphing tool.
For educators
Online assignments, tests, quizzes can be easily created and assigned to students.
Gradebook: Assignments are automatically graded and visible at a glance.
Register now to benefit from these resources.
A student access code card is included with your textbook at a reduced cost. To register with your code, visit www.mathxl.com.
For educator access, contact your Pearson account manager. To find out who your account manager is, visit www.pearsoned.co.uk/replocator
For more instructor resources available with this title, visit www.pearsoned.co.uk
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. Elementary 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 Twelfth 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 industry.
MyLab and Mastering from Pearson improve results for students and educators. Used by over ten million students, they effectively engage learners at every stage.
MathXL is being used in universities all over the world to improve student performance. MathXL has immersive content and engaging tools, along with time-saving automatic grading.
With MathXL, students gain knowledge that they will use throughout their lives, and universities gain a partner deeply committed to helping students and educators achieve their goals.
For students
Personalised study plan: MyMathLab gives you the opportunity to test yourself on key concepts and skills and generates a study plan based on topics you have not yet mastered. The study plan links to interactive exercises with guidance, to give you help when you need it most.
Help Me Solve This breaks the problem down into manageable chunks so you can work through the methodology a stage at a time, applying what you've learnt as you go along.
The questions are free response so you can give truly mathematical answers using the intuitive yet comprehensive maths palette or the graphing tool.
For educators
Online assignments, tests, quizzes can be easily created and assigned to students.
Gradebook: Assignments are automatically graded and visible at a glance.
Register now to benefit from these resources.
A student access code card is included with your textbook at a reduced cost. To register with your code, visit www.mathxl.com.
For educator access, contact your Pearson account manager. To find out who your account manager is, visit www.pearsoned.co.uk/replocator
For more instructor resources available with this title, visit www.pearsoned.co.uk
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Edition
12th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-4479-5022-6 (9781447950226)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Mario F. Triola
Elementary Statistics Technology Update Plus MyMathLab/MyStatLab -- Access Card Package
Book
11/2012
11th Edition
Pearson
€137.13
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Persons
Mario F. Triola is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Dutchess Community College, where he has taught statistics for over 30 years. Marty is the author of Essentials of Statistics, Elementary Statistics Using Excel, Elementary Statistics Using the Graphing Calculator, and he is a co-author of Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences, Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life and Business Statistics. He has written several manuals and workbooks for technology supporting statistics education. Outside of the classroom, Marty has been a speaker at many conferences and colleges. His consulting work includes the design of casino slot machines and fishing rods, and he has worked with attorneys in determining probabilities in paternity lawsuits, identifying salary inequities based on gender, analyzing disputed election results, analyzing medical data, and analyzing medical school surveys. Marty has testified as an expert witness in New York State Supreme Court. The Text and Academic Authors Association has awarded Mario F. Triola a "Texty" for Excellence for his work on Elementary Statistics.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics
1.1 Review and Preview
1.2 Statistical Thinking and Critical Thinking
1.3 Types of Data
1.4 Collecting Sample Data
Chapter 2 Summarizing and Graphing
2.1 Review and Preview
2.2 Frequency Distributions
2.3 Histograms
2.4 Graphs that Enlighten and Graphs that Deceive
Chapter 3 Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing
3.1 Review and Preview
3.2 Measures of Center
3.3 Measures of Variation
3.4 Measures of Relative Standing & Boxplots
Chapter 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 CD)
4.8 Bayes' Theorem (on CD)
Chapter 5 Discrete Probability Distributions
5.1 Review and Preview
5.2 Probability Distributions
5.3 Binomial Probability Distributions
5.4 Parameters for Binomial Distributions
5.5 Poisson Probability Distributions
Chapter 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 Central Limit Theorem
6.6 Assessing Normality
6.7 Normal as Approximation to Binomial
Chapter 7 Estimates and Sample Sizes
7.1 Review and Preview
7.2 Estimating a Population Proportion
7.3 Estimating Population Mean
7.4 Estimating Population Standard Deviation or Variance
Chapter 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
Chapter 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)
9.5 Two Variances or Standard Deviations
Chapter 10 Correlation and Regression
10.1 Review and Preview
10.2 Correlation
10.3 Regression
10.4 Prediction Intervals and Variation
10.5 Multiple Regression
10.6 Nonlinear Regression
Chapter 11 Goodness-of-Fit and Contingency Tables
11.1 Review and Preview
11.2 Goodness-of-Fit
11.3 Contingency Tables
Chapter 12 Analysis of Variance
12.1 Review and Preview
12.2 One-Way ANOVA
12.3 Two-Way ANOVA
Chapter 13 Nonparametric Tests
13.1 Review and Preview
13.2 Sign Test
13.3 Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test for Matched Pairs
13.4 Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for Two Independent Samples
13.5 Kruskal-Wallis Test
13.6 Rank Correlation
13.7 Runs Test for Randomness
Chapter 14 Statistical Process Control
14.1 Review and Preview
14.2 Control Charts for Variation and Mean
14.3 Control Charts for Attributes
Chapter 15 Ethics, Projects, Procedures and Perspectives
15.1 Ethics in Statistics
15.2 Projects
15.3 Procedures
15.4 Perspectives
1.1 Review and Preview
1.2 Statistical Thinking and Critical Thinking
1.3 Types of Data
1.4 Collecting Sample Data
Chapter 2 Summarizing and Graphing
2.1 Review and Preview
2.2 Frequency Distributions
2.3 Histograms
2.4 Graphs that Enlighten and Graphs that Deceive
Chapter 3 Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing
3.1 Review and Preview
3.2 Measures of Center
3.3 Measures of Variation
3.4 Measures of Relative Standing & Boxplots
Chapter 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 CD)
4.8 Bayes' Theorem (on CD)
Chapter 5 Discrete Probability Distributions
5.1 Review and Preview
5.2 Probability Distributions
5.3 Binomial Probability Distributions
5.4 Parameters for Binomial Distributions
5.5 Poisson Probability Distributions
Chapter 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 Central Limit Theorem
6.6 Assessing Normality
6.7 Normal as Approximation to Binomial
Chapter 7 Estimates and Sample Sizes
7.1 Review and Preview
7.2 Estimating a Population Proportion
7.3 Estimating Population Mean
7.4 Estimating Population Standard Deviation or Variance
Chapter 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
Chapter 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)
9.5 Two Variances or Standard Deviations
Chapter 10 Correlation and Regression
10.1 Review and Preview
10.2 Correlation
10.3 Regression
10.4 Prediction Intervals and Variation
10.5 Multiple Regression
10.6 Nonlinear Regression
Chapter 11 Goodness-of-Fit and Contingency Tables
11.1 Review and Preview
11.2 Goodness-of-Fit
11.3 Contingency Tables
Chapter 12 Analysis of Variance
12.1 Review and Preview
12.2 One-Way ANOVA
12.3 Two-Way ANOVA
Chapter 13 Nonparametric Tests
13.1 Review and Preview
13.2 Sign Test
13.3 Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test for Matched Pairs
13.4 Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for Two Independent Samples
13.5 Kruskal-Wallis Test
13.6 Rank Correlation
13.7 Runs Test for Randomness
Chapter 14 Statistical Process Control
14.1 Review and Preview
14.2 Control Charts for Variation and Mean
14.3 Control Charts for Attributes
Chapter 15 Ethics, Projects, Procedures and Perspectives
15.1 Ethics in Statistics
15.2 Projects
15.3 Procedures
15.4 Perspectives