Statistics /

With 508 solved problems, this book includes: information on frequency distribution, elementary probability theory, elementary sampling theory, statistical decision theory, and analysis of variance; and concise explanation of all course concepts.--

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Spiegel, Murray R.
مؤلفون آخرون: Stephens, Larry J.
التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: New York : McGraw-Hill, 2014
الطبعة:5th ed
سلاسل:Schaum's outline series.
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جدول المحتويات:
  • 1. Variables and graphs
  • Statistics
  • Population and sample
  • Inductive and descriptive statistics
  • Variables : discrete and continuous
  • Rounding of data
  • Scientific notation
  • Significant figures
  • Computations
  • Functions
  • Rectangular coordinates
  • Graphs
  • Equations
  • Inequalities
  • Logarithms
  • Properties of logarithms
  • Logarithmic equations
  • 2. Frequency distributions
  • Raw data
  • Arrays
  • Class intervals and class limits
  • Class boundaries
  • The size, or width, of a class interval
  • The class mark
  • General rules for forming frequency distributions
  • Histograms and frequency polygons
  • Relative-frequency distributions
  • Cumulative-frequency distributions and ogives
  • Relative cumulative-frequency distributions and percentage ogives
  • Frequency curves and smoothed ogives
  • Types of frequency curves
  • 3. The mean, median, mode, and other measures of central tendency
  • Index, or subscript, notation
  • Summation notation
  • Averages, or measures of central tendency
  • The arithmetic mean
  • The median
  • The mode
  • The empirical relation between the mean, median, and mode
  • The geometric mean G
  • The harmonic mean H
  • The relation between the arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic means
  • The root mean square
  • Quartiles, deciles, and percentiles
  • Software and measure of central tendency
  • 4. The standard deviation and other measures of dispersion
  • Dispersion and variation
  • The range
  • the mean deviation
  • The semi-interquartile range
  • The 10-90 percentile range
  • The standard deviation
  • The variance
  • Short methods for computing the standard deviation
  • Empirical relations between measures of dispersion
  • Absolute and relative dispersion
  • Coefficient of variation
  • Standardized variable
  • Standard scores
  • Software and measures of dispersion
  • 5. Moments, skewness, and kurtosis
  • Moments for grouped data
  • Relations between moments
  • Computation of moments for grouped data
  • Charlier's check and Sheppard's corrections
  • Moments in dimensionless form
  • Population moments, skewness, and kurtosis
  • Software computation of skewness and kurtosis
  • 6. Elementary probability theory
  • Conditional probability
  • Independent and dependent events
  • Mutually exclusive events
  • Probability distributions
  • Mathematical expectation
  • Relation between population, sample mean, and variance
  • Combinatorial analysis
  • Stirling's approximation to n!
  • Relation of probability to point set theory
  • Euler or Venn diagrams and probability
  • 7. The binomial, normal, and poisson distributions
  • Relation between the binomial and normal distributions
  • Relations between the binomial and poisson distributions
  • The multinomial distribution
  • Fitting theoretical distributions to sample frequency distributions
  • 8. Elementary sampling theory
  • Random samples and random numbers
  • Sampling with and without replacement
  • Sampling distributions
  • Sampling distribution of means
  • Sampling distribution of proportions
  • Sampling distributions of differences and sums
  • Standard errors
  • Software demonstration of elementary sampling theory
  • 9. Statistical estimation theory
  • Estimation of parameters
  • Unbiased estimates
  • Efficient estimates
  • Point estimates and interval estimates
  • Reliability
  • Confidence-interval estimates of population parameters
  • Probable error
  • 10. Statistical decision theory
  • Statistical hypotheses
  • Tests of hypotheses and significance, or decision rules
  • Errors
  • Level of significance
  • Tests involving normal distributions
  • Operating-characteristic curves
  • Control charts
  • Tests involving sample differences
  • Test involving binomial distributions
  • 11. Small sampling theory
  • Student's t distribution
  • Confidence intervals
  • tests of hypotheses and significance
  • The chi-square distribution
  • Degrees of freedom
  • The F distribution
  • 12. The chi-square test
  • Observed and theoretical frequencies
  • Significance tests
  • The chi-square test for goodness of fit
  • Contingency tables
  • Yates' correction for continuity
  • Coefficient of contingency
  • Correlation of attributes
  • 13. Curve fitting and the method of least squares
  • Relationship between variables
  • Curve fitting
  • Equations of approximating curves
  • Freehand method of curve fitting
  • the straight line
  • The method of least squares
  • The least-squares line
  • Nonlinear relationships
  • The least-squares parabola
  • Regression
  • Applications to time series
  • Problems involving more than two variables
  • 14. Correlation theory
  • Correlation and regression
  • Linear correlation
  • Measures of correlation
  • The least-squares regression lines
  • Standard error of estimate
  • Explained and unexplained variation
  • Coefficient of correlation
  • Product-moment formula for the linear
  • Short computational formulas
  • Regression lines and the linear correlation coefficient
  • Correlation of time series
  • Correlation of attributes
  • Sampling theory of correlation
  • Sampling theory of regression
  • 15. Multiple and partial correlation
  • Subscript notation
  • Regression equations and regression planes
  • Normal equations for the least-squares regression plane
  • Regression planes and correlation coefficients
  • Standard error of estimate
  • Coefficient of multiple correlation
  • change of dependent variable
  • More than three variables
  • Partial correlation
  • Relationships between multiple and partial correlation
  • Coefficients
  • Nonlinear multiple regression
  • 16. Analysis of variance
  • One-way classification, or one-factor experiments
  • Total variation, variation within treatments, and variation between treatments
  • Shortcut methods for obtaining variations
  • Mathematical model for analysis of variance
  • Expected values of the variations
  • Distributions of the variations
  • The F test for the null hypothesis off equal means
  • Analysis-of-variance tables
  • Modifications for unequal numbers of observations
  • Two-way classification, or two-factor experiments
  • Notation for two-factor experiments
  • Variations for two-factor experiments
  • Two-factor experiments with replication
  • Experimental design
  • 17. Nonparametric tests
  • The sign test
  • The Mann-Whitney U test
  • The Kruskal-Wallis H test
  • The H test corrected for ties
  • The Runs test for randomness
  • Spearman's rank correlations
  • 18. Statistical process control and process capability
  • Variables and attributes control charts
  • X-bar and R charts
  • Tests for special causes
  • Process capability
  • P- and NP-charts.
  • Variables and graphs
  • Frequency distributions
  • The mean, median, mode, and other measures of central tendency
  • The standard deviation and other measures of dispersion
  • Moments, skewness, and kurtosis
  • Elementary probability theory
  • The binomial, normal, and Poisson distributions
  • Elementary sampling theory
  • Statistical estimation theory
  • Statistical decision theory
  • Small sampling theory
  • The chi-square test
  • Curve fitting and the method of least squares
  • Correlation theory
  • Multiple and partial correlation
  • Analysis of variance
  • Nonparametric tests
  • Statistical process control and process capability
  • Answers to supplementary problems
  • Appendixes.