Introduction to statistics and data analysis
Uses real data and examples to introduce students to the study of statistics and data analysis. This book guides students through an intuition-based learning process that stresses interpretation and communication of statistical information. It includes coverage of the graphing calculator as well as expanded coverage of probability.
Print Book, English, ©2012
Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, Boston, MA, ©2012
Textbooks
xxvii, 912 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
9780840054906, 9780840068392, 0840054904, 0840068395
701322762
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
Nonparametric (distribution-free) statistical methods