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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcgraw-Hill Education
ISBN-101259755339
ISBN-139781259755330
eBay Product ID (ePID)228935381
Product Key Features
Number of Pages880 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameElementary Statistics : a Step by Step Approach
SubjectProbability & Statistics / General
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics
AuthorAllan G. Bluman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight65.7 Oz
Item Length11.2 in
Item Width8.9 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number10
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2016-028437
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromCollege Freshman
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal519.5
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Table Of Content1 The Nature of Probability and Statistics 1.1 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics 1.2 Variables and Types of Data 1.3 Data Collection and Sampling Techniques 1.4 Observational and Experimental Studies 1.5 Uses and Misuses of Statistics 1.6 Computers and Calculators 2 Frequency Distributions and Graphs 2.1 Organizing Data 2.2 Histograms, Frequency Polygons,and Ogives 2.3 Other Types of Graphs 3 Data Description 3.1 Measures of CentralTendency 3.2 Measures of Variation 3.3 Measures of Position 3.4 Exploratory Data Analysis 4 Probability and Counting Rules 4.1 Exploratory Data Analysis 4.2 The Addition Rules for Probability 4.3 The Multiplication Rules and ConditionalProbability 4.4 Counting Rules 4.5 Probability and Counting Rules 5 Discrete Probability Distributions 5.1 Probability Distributions 5.2 Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation,and Expectation 5.3 The Binomial Distribution 5.4 Other Types of Distributions (Optional) 6 The Normal Distribution 6.1 Normal Distributions 6.2 Applications of the NormalDistribution 6.3 The Central Limit Theorem 6.4 The Normal Approximation to the BinomialDistribution 7 Confidence Intervals and Sample Size 7.1 Confidence Intervals for the Mean When σ Is Known 7.2 Confidence Intervals for the Mean When σ Is Unknown 7.3 Confidence Intervals and Sample Size for Proportions 7.4 Confidence Intervals for Variances and Standard Deviations 8 Hypothesis Testing 8.1 Steps in Hypothesis Testing--Traditional Method 8.2 z Test for a Mean 8.3 t Test for a Mean 8.4 z Test for a Proportion 8.5 χ2 Test for a Variance or Standard Deviation 8.6 Additional Topics Regarding Hypothesis Testing 9 Testing the Difference Between Two Means, Two Variances, and Two Proportions 9.1 Testing the Difference Between Two Means: Using the z Test 9.2 Testing the Difference Between Two Means of Independent Samples: Using the t Test 9.3 Testing the Difference Between Two Means: Dependent Samples 9.4 Testing the Difference Between Proportions9.5 Testing the Difference Between Two Variances 10 Correlation and Regression 10.1 Scatter Plots and Correlation 10.2 Regression 10.3 Coefficient of Determination and Standard Error of the Estimate 10.4 Multiple Regression (Optional) 11 Other Chi-Square Tests 11.1 Test for Goodness of Fit 11.2 Tests Using Contingency Tables 12 Analysis of Variance 12.1 One-Way Analysis of Variance 12.2 The Scheffe Test and the Tukey Test 12.3 Two-Way Analysis of Variance 13 Nonparametric Statistics 13.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Nonparametric Methods 13.2 The Sign Test 13.3 The Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test 13.4 The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test 13.5 The Kruskal-Wallis Test 13.6 The Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient and the Runs Test 14 Sampling and Simulation 14.1 Common Sampling Techniques 14.2 Surveys and Questionnaire Design 14.3 Simulation Techniques and the Monte Carlo Method Appendices Appendix A: Tables Appendix B: Data Bank Appendix C: Glossary Appendix D: Photos Credits Appendix E: Selected Answers Additional Topics Onlne Algebra Review Writing the Research Report Bayes' Theorem Alternate Approach to the Standard Normal Distribution Bibliography
SynopsisAl Bluman's Elementary Statistics takes a non-theoretical approach to teaching the course. Statistics is the language of today's world and Bluman's market-leading Step-by-Step Approach makes it easy to learn and understand! Helping students move from the computational to the conceptual, Bluman provides all the support your students need to grasp the fundamentals of statistics and make that connection.