"Statistics, 10e, International Edition" is a thorough, yet accessible program designed to help students overcome their apprehensions about statistics. The authors provide clear guidance and informal advice while showing students the links between statistics and the world. To reinforce this approach, the book integrates real life data from a variety of sources, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, and the Internet.
The Tenth Edition continues to address the importance of developing students' critical thinking and statistical literacy skills through special features and exercises throughout the text. The use of graphing calculators, Excel[registered], MINITAB[registered], and SPSS[registered] is covered though not required. Extensive technology resources include an algorithmic test bank and lecture slides, along with interactive online resources and a market leading DVD series designed to provide reinforcement for students and support for instructors.
1. Getting Started
2. Organizing Data
3. Averages and Variation
4. Elementary Probability Theory
5. The Binomial Probability Distribution and Related Topics
6. Normal Curves and Sampling Distributions
7. Estimation
8. Hypothesis Testing
9. Correlation and Regression
10. Chi-Square and F Distributions
11. Nonparametric Statistics