Introduction to Statistics

By Henry Gersh

Introduction to Statistics is designed to be extremely easy for students to understand and use. It is the ideal textbook for any Introductory Statistics unit that covers Descriptive and 1 & 2-Sample Inferential Statistics, including CHI-SQUARE Test for Independence plus Simple Linear & Multiple Linear RegressionEvery topic contains essential theory presented in a very concise and clear manner with plenty of examples followed by a wide variety of solved problems, a large and varied selection of supplementary questions, trial exam questions plus 5 trial exams with detailed solutions. The book also teaches students how to interpret computer outputs from a very popular statistical software package. The text book can also be used as a workbook. This feature encourages students to actually work through the questions themselves rather than just looking at the solutions. This aspect of the book has proven to be very popular with students.TOPICS1Data and Data Sets (classifying data: nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio, etc.)2Displaying Data (bar charts, pie charts, histograms, etc.) 3Numerical Summaries (mean, median, mode, variance, etc.)4Relationships between two variables 5Introduction to Probability 6Probability Distributions (Binomial, Poisson, Normal)7Sampling & Sampling Distributions 8Interval Estimation (1 sample & 2 sample)9Hypothesis Testing (1 sample)10Hypothesis Testing (2 sample) Including Chi-Square test for independence11Regression Analysis (Simple linear & Multiple linear) 12Revision (5 Trial Exams & Detailed Solutions)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477608982
• ISBN13: 9781477608982
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"