Statistics for Applied Problem Solving and Decision Making, 1st Edition

Richard J. Larsen - Vanderbilt University

Morris L. Marx - University of West Florida

Bruce Cooil - Vanderbilt University

ISBN-10: 0534930840  ISBN-13: 9780534930844

898 Pages  

© 1997     Published

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Table of Contents

PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
Introduction / The Tools of Statistics / A Brief Course Outline
2. STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS: A FIRST LOOK
Introduction / Fitting the Model y = b0 + b1x / The Sample Correlation Coefficient / Fitting Curvilinear Relationships / Summary
3. SAMPLES AND SAMPLE VARIATION
Introduction / Methods of Sampling / Summarizing a Sample / Measuring Location and Dispersion (An Introduction) / Summary
4. PROBABILITY MODELS: AN INTRODUCTION
Introduction / Discrete Probability Models / Continuous Probability Models / Summary
5. THE NORMAL CURVE
Introduction / The Standard Normal Curve / The Z Transformation / The Central Limit Theorem / Summary / Normal Plots
6. THE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION
Introduction / The Binomial Model / Using Normal Curves to Approximate Binomial Probabilities / Summary
7. THE HYPERGEOMETRIC, POISSON, AND EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS
Introduction / The Hypergeometric Distribution / The Poisson and Exponential Distributions / Summary / Proof of Theorem 7.3.4
8. MEANS AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS
Introduction / Expected Value / The Population Standard Deviation / Summary / A Proof of Chebyshev�s Inequality (Theorem 8.3.1)
9. ESTIMATING PARAMETERS
Introduction / The Method of Maximum Likelihood / Estimators / Margin of Error and Sample Size Determination / Summary
10. PRINCIPLES OF INFERENCE
Introduction / Testing Hypotheses About u (Normal Data) / Confidence Intervals for u / Drawing Inferences About o2 / Binomial Data: Inferences About p / Poisson Data: Inferences About l / Summary
11. SOME COMMON TYPES OF DATA
Introduction / Seven Common Experimental Designs / Summary
12. COMPARING MEANS
Introduction / The Two-sample t Test / Testing H0: u1 = u2 = / / / = uk: The One-Way Analysis of Variance / The Paired t Test / Analyzing Randomized Block Data / Summary
13. STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS: A SECOND LOOK
Introduction / The Simple Linear Model / Analyzing Categorical Data: The X2 Test for Independence / Summary
14. MULTIPLE REGRESSION
Introduction / Least Squares Estimation / Hypothesis Testing / Model Building / Prediction Intervals and Influential Observations / Summary
15. TIME SERIES AND INDEX NUMBERS
Introduction / Fitting a Time Series Model / Smoothing a Time Series / Simple and Composite Indexes / Weighted Composite Index Numbers / Summary
16. QUALITY CONTROL
Introduction / X-charts / R-charts and S-charts / Other Control Charts / Specification Limits Versus Control Limits / Acceptance Sampling / Summary / APPENDIX A TABLES / BIBLIOGRAPHY / ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERED EXERCISES / INDEX