Elementary Statistics

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.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