Introduction to statistics and data analysis / Roxy Peck, Chris Olsen, Jay Devore
Imprint
Boston, MA : Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, c2012
Edition
4rd ed
Descript
xxvii, 912 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
CONTENT
The role of statistics and 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