Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, Global Edition

For algebra-based introductory statistics courses Statistics opens a window to the modern world, and this market-leading text makes it easy to understand! Larson and Farber's Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, Sixth Edition, provides stepped out instruction, real-life examples and exercises, and the use of technology to offer the most accessible approach. The authors carefully develop theory through strong pedagogy, and examples show how statistics is used to picture and describe the world. In keeping with the premise that students learn best by doing, it includes more than 210 examples and more than 2300 exercises, to make the concepts of statistics a part of students' everyday lives. Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, Sixth Edition, presents a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. 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If your lecturer is using the MyLab and you would like to purchase the product...Go to www.mystatlab.com to buy access to this interactive study programme. For educator access, contact your Pearson representative. To find out who your Pearson representative is, visit www.pearsoned.co.uk/replocatorPART ONE. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 1. Introduction to Statistics 1.1. An Overview of Statistics 1.2. Data Classification Case Study: Rating Television Shows in the United States 1.3. Data Collection and Experimental Design Activity: Random Numbers Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together History of Statistics-Timeline Technology: Using Technology in Statistics 2. Descriptive Statistics 2.1. Frequency Distributions and Their Graphs 2.2. More Graphs and Displays 2.3. Measures of Central Tendency Activity: Mean Versus Median 2.4. Measures of Variation Activity: Standard Deviation Case Study: Business Size 2.5. Measures of Position Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Parking Tickets Using Technology to Determine Descriptive Statistics Cumulative Review: Chapters 1 and 2 PART TWO. PROBABILITY & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS 3. Probability 3.1. Basic Concepts of Probability and Counting Activity: Simulating the Stock Market 3.2. Conditional Probability and the Multiplication Rule 3.3. The Addition Rule Activity: Simulating the Probability of Rolling a 3 or 4 Case Study: United States Congress 3.4. Additional Topics in Probability and Counting Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Simulation: Composing Mozart Variations with Dice 4. Discrete Probability Distributions 4.1. Probability Distributions 4.2. Binomial Distributions Activity: Binomial Distribution Case Study: Distribution of Number of Hits in Baseball Games 4.3. More Discrete Probability Distributions Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Simulation: Using Poisson Distributions as Queuing Models 5. Normal Probability Distributions 5.1. Introduction to Normal Distributions and the Standard Normal Distribution 5.2. Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities 5.3. Normal Distributions: Finding Values Case Study: Birth Rates in America 5.4. Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem Activity: Sampling Distributions 5.5. Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Simulation: Age Distribution in the United States Cumulative Review: Chapters 3 to 5 PART THREE. STATISTICAL INFERENCE 6. Confidence Intervals 6.1. Confidence Intervals for the Mean (UPSILON Known) 6.2. Confidence Intervals for the Mean (UPSILON Unknown) Activity: Confidence Intervals for a Mean Case Study: Marathon Training 6.3. Confidence Intervals for Population Proportions Activity: Confidence Intervals for a Proportion 6.4. Confidence Intervals for Variance and Standard Deviation Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Simulation: Most Admired Polls Using Technology to Construct Confidence Intervals 7. Hypothesis Testing with One Sample 7.1. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing 7.2. Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (UPSILON Known) 7.3. Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (UPSILON Unknown) Activity: Hypothesis Test for a Mean Case Study: Human Body Temperature: What's Normal? 7.4. Hypothesis Testing for Proportions Activity: Hypothesis Test for a Proportion 7.5. Hypothesis Testing for Variance and Standard Deviation A Summary of Hypothesis Testing Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: The Case of the Vanishing Women Using Technology to Perform Hypothesis Tests 8. Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples 8.1. Testing the Difference Between Means (Independent Samples, UPSILON1 and UPSILON2 Known) 8.2. Testing the Difference Between Means (Independent Samples, UPSILON1 and UPSILON2 Unknown) 8.3. Testing the Difference Between Means (Dependent Samples) 8.4. Testing the Difference Between Proportions A Summary of Hypothesis Testing Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Tails over Heads Using Technology to Perform Two-Sample Hypothesis Tests Cumulative Review: Chapters 6 to 8 PART FOUR. MORE STATISTICAL INFERENCE 9. Correlation and Regression 9.1 Correlation Activity: Correlation by Eye 9.2. Linear Regression Activity: Regression by Eye Case Study: Correlation by Body Measurements 9.3. Measures of Regression and Prediction Intervals 9.4. Multiple Regression A Summary of Hypothesis Testing Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Nutrients in Breakfast Cereals 10. Chi-Square Tests and the F-Distribution 10.1. Goodness-of-Fit Test 10.2. Independence Case Study: Food Safety Survey 10.3. Comparing Two Variances 10.4. Analysis of Variance Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Teacher Salaries Cumulative Review: Chapters 9 and 10 11. Nonparametric Tests (Online and CD Only) 11.1. The Sign Test 11.2. The Wilcoxon Tests Case Study: College Ranks 11.3. The Kruskal-Wallis Test 11.4. Rank Correlation 11.5. The Runs Test Uses and Abuses Chapter Summary Review Exercises Chapter Quiz Chapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: U.S. Income and Economic Research