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Only one textbook gives students a competitive edge for the AP statistics exams by following the College Board guidelines exclusively. Only one textbook combines the strength of the data analysis approach and the power of technology with supreme class-room finesse. Only one textbook provides the support you and your students need to achieve maximum performance. The Practice of Statistics--Your AP statistics textbook. And now, the overwhelming favorite for the AP statistics course is available in an even more powerful new edition, building on the qualities that made it an immediate bestseller with a number of new features, integration of the TI-89, and an even stronger set of print and media ancillaries.Product Identifiers
PublisherFreeman & Company, W&H
ISBN-100716747731
ISBN-139780716747734
eBay Product ID (ePID)2153709
Product Key Features
Number of Pages858 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePractice of Statistics : Ti-83/89 Graphing Calculator Enhanced
Publication Year2002
SubjectProbability & Statistics / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics
AuthorDaren S. Starnes, Dan Yates, David S. Moore
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight65.8 Oz
Item Length10.4 in
Item Width8.2 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
LCCN2001-055610
Target AudienceCollege Audience
IllustratedYes
Lc Classification NumberQa276.12.Y37 2003
Table of ContentPreface Statistical Thinking PART I. ORGANIZING DATA: LOOKING FOR PATTERNS AND DEPARTURES FROM PATTERNS 1. Exploring Data 1.1 Displaying Distributions with Graphs 1.2 Describing Distributions with Numbers 2. The Normal Distributions 2.1 Density Curves and the Normal Distribution 2.2 Standard Normal Calculations 3. Examining Relationships 3.1 Scatterplots 3.2 Correlation 3.3 Least-Squares Regression 4. More on Two-Variable Data 4.1 Transforming Relationships 4.2 Cautions about Correlation and Regression 4.3 Relations in Categorical Data PART II. PRODUCING DATA: SAMPLES, EXPERIMENTS, AND SIMULATIONS 5. Producing Data 5.1 Designing Samples 5.2 Designing Experiments 5.3 Simulating Experiments PART III PROBABILITY: FOUNDATIONS OF INFERENCE 6. Probability: The Study of Randomness 6.1 The Idea of Probability 6.2 Probability Models 6.3 General Probability Rules 7. Random Variables 7.1 Discrete and Continuous Random Variables 7.2 Means and Variances of Random Variables Revised treatment of rules for means and variances New subsection on combining normal random variables 8. The Binomial and Geometric Distributions 8.1 The Binomial Distributions 8.2 The Geometric Distributions 9. Sampling Distributions 9.1 Sampling Distributions 9.2 Sample Proportions 9.3 Sample Means PART IV. INFERENCE: CONCLUSIONS WITH CONFIDENCE 10. Introduction to Inference 10.1 Estimating with Confidence 10.2 Tests of Significance 10.3 Making Sense of Statistical Significance 10.4 Inference as Decision 11. Inference for Distributions 11.1 Inference for the Mean of a Population 11.2 Comparing Two Means 12. Inference for Proportions 12.1 Inference for a Population Proportion 12.2 Comparing Two Proportions 13. Inference for Tables: Chi-Square Procedures 13.1 Test for Goodness of Fit 13.2 Inference for Two-Way Tables 14. Inference for Regression 14.1 Inference about the Model 14.2 Predictions and Conditions 15. Analysis of Variance 15.1 Inference for Population Spread 15.2 One-Way Analysis of Variance Additional, optional, post-exam chapters on the student and instructor''s CDs: 16. Multiple Linear Regression 17. Logistic Regression