Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) (Available Titles CengageNOW)

This market-leading text provides a comprehensive introduction to probability and statistics for students in engineering and the physical and natural sciences. It is a proven, accurate book with great examples from an outstanding author, Jay Devore. Through the use of lively and realistic examples, students go beyond simply learning about statistics--they actually experience its potential. The book emphasizes concepts, models, methodology and applications, as opposed to rigorous mathematical development and derivations.

Jay Devore earned his undergraduate degree in Engineering Science from the University of California at Berkeley, spent a year at the University of Sheffield in England, and finished his Ph.D. in statistics at Stanford University. He previously taught at the University of Florida and Oberlin College, and has had visiting appointments at Stanford, Harvard, the University of Washington, and New York University. Jay is currently Professor and Chair of the Statistics Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California. The Statistics Department at Cal Poly has an international reputation for activities in statistics education. In addition to this book, Professor Devore has authored several widely used engineering statistics texts, and is currently working on a book in applied mathematical statistics. He is the recipient of a distinguished teaching award from Cal Poly, and is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, cooking and eating good food, tennis, and travel to far away places. He is especially proud of his wife Carol, a retired elementary school teacher, his daughter Allison, who works for the Center for Women and Excellence in Boston, and his daughter Teri, who is finishing a graduate program in education at NYU.