Essentials of Statistics (4th Edition) (Triola Statistics Series) - Softcover

Triola, Mario F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321641493 ISBN 13: 9780321641496

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

95% of Introductory Statistics students will never take another statistics course. What do you want to learn?

 

Discover the Power of Real Data

 

Mario Triola remains the market-leading statistics author by engaging readers of each edition with an abundance of real data in the examples, applications, and exercises. Statistics is all around us, and Triola helps readers understand how this course will impact their lives beyond the classroom–as consumers, citizens, and professionals.

 

Essentials of Statistics, Fourth Edition is a more economical and streamlined introductory statistics text. Drawn from Triola’s Elementary Statistics, Eleventh Edition, this text provides the same student-friendly approach with material presented in a real-world context.

 

The Fourth Edition contains more than 1,700 exercises (18% more than the previous edition); 89% are new and 81% use real data. The book also contains hundreds of examples; 86% are new and 92% use real data. By analyzing real data, readers are able to connect abstract concepts to the world at large, teaching them to think statistically and apply their conceptual understanding using the same methods that professional statisticians employ.

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KEY BENEFIT:Discover the Power of Real Data.Mario Triola remains the market-leading statistics author by engaging readers with an abundance of real data in the examples, applications, and exercises. Statistics is all around us, and Triola helps readers understand how statistics will impact their lives beyondthe classroom-as consumers, citizens, and professionals.Essentials of Statistics, Fourth Editionis the ideal text for readers who want a more economical and streamlined text for that covers the topics in an introductory statistics course. Drawn from Triola'sElementary Statistics,Eleventh Edition,this text provides the same student-friendly approach with material presented in a real-world context. TheFourth Editioncontains more than 1,700 exercises (18% more than the previous edition); 89% are new and 81% use real data. The book also contains hundreds of examples; 86% are new and 92% use real data. By analyzing real data, readers are able to connect abstract concepts to the world at large, teaching them to think statistically and apply their conceptual understanding using the same methods that professional statisticians employ.

 

KEY TOPICS: Introduction to Statistics; Summarizing and Graphing Data; Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data; Probability; Discrete Probability Distributions; Normal Probability Distributions; Estimates and Sample Sizes; Hypothesis Testing; Inferences from Two Samples; Correlation and Regression; Chi-Square and Analysis of Variance

 

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About the Author:

Mario F. Triola is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Dutchess Community College, where he has taught statistics for over 30 years. In addition to this text, Marty is the author of Elementary Statistics, Elementary Statistics Using Excel, Elementary Statistics Using the TI-83/84 Plus Calculator, and he is a co-author of Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences, Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life and Business Statistics. He has written several manuals and workbooks for technology supporting statistics education. Outside of the classroom, Marty has been a speaker at many conferences and colleges. His consulting work includes the design of casino slot machines and fishing rods, and he has worked with attorneys in determining probabilities in paternity lawsuits, identifying salary inequities based on gender, analyzing disputed election results, analyzing medical data, and analyzing medical school surveys. Marty has testified as an expert witness in New York State Supreme Court. The Text and Academic Authors Association has awarded Mario F. Triola a "Texty" for Excellence for his work on Elementary Statistics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0321641493
• ISBN 13: 9780321641496
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 696