Schaums Outline of Statistics, Fourth Edition (Schaum's Outline Series) - Softcover

Spiegel, Murray; Stephens, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071755497 ISBN 13: 9780071755498

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2011

Synopsis

The ideal review for your statistics course

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum’s Outlines for their expert knowledge and helpful solved problems. Written by renowned experts in their respective fields, Schaum’s Outlines cover everything from math to science, nursing to language. The main feature for all these books is the solved problems. Step-by-step, authors walk readers through coming up with solutions to exercises in their topic of choice.

• 508 fully worked problems of varying difficulty
• 694 additional practice problems
• Complements or supplements the major Statistics textbooks
• Appropriate for the following courses: Introduction to Statistics, Elementary Statistics, Elementary Statistical Methods, Engineering Statistics, Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Mathematical Statistics, Introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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• 508 solved problems, updated for today's students
• 694 additional practice problems
• Computerized solutions using Minitab software
• Easy-to-follow explanations of analyses of time series, the statistical process, control charts, and process capability computation

If you want top grades and a thorough understanding of statistics, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have!

Chapters include:

• 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
• Analysis of Time Series

Statistical Process Control and Process Capability

About the Author:

Murray J. Spiegel, Ph.D. (deceased) was the chairman of mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Larry J. Stephens, Ph.D. is a professor of mathematics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He has taught statistics at the college level for more than 30 years.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0071755497
• ISBN 13: 9780071755498
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 600