The Basic Practice of Statistics, 4/e (統計學基本實務（第4版）)

Description

David S. Moore's name has come to stand for exceptional clarity and innovation within statistics textbooks, praised by students and instructors worldwide. The fourth edition of The Basic Practice of Statistics continues this trend by excelling both in presentation, features and pedagogy. A new 4-step process gives students the tools to solve complex problems and relate them to the real world. This fourth edition contains a CD ROM and is also complemented by StatsPortal, one of the most advanced web-based supplements currently available.

 

Table of Contents

To the Instructor: About this Book
To the Student: Statistical Thinking
PART I: EXPLORING DATA
Picturing Distributions with Graphs
Describing Distributions with Numbers
Scatterplots and Correlation
Regression
Two-Way Tables
Part I Review
PART II: FROM EXPLORATION TO INFERENCE
Producing Data: Sampling
Producing Data: Experiments
Commentary: Data Ethics
Introducing Probability
Sampling Distributions
General Rules of Probability
Binomial Distributions
Confidence Intervals: The Basics
Tests of Significance: The Basics
Inference in Practice
Part II Review
PART III: INFERENCE ABOUT VARIABLES
Inference About A Population Mean
Two-Sample Problems
Inference about a Population Portion
Comparing Two Proportions
Part III Review
PART IV: INFERENCE ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
Two Categorical Variables: The Chi-Square Test
Inference for Regression
One-Way Analysis of Variance: Comparing Several Means
Statistical Thinking Revisited
Notes and Data Sources
Tables
Solutions to Selected Exercises
Index
PART V: OPTIONAL COMPANION CHAPTERS
(On the CD, Web, and printed separately)
Nonparametric Tests
Statistical Process Control
Multiple Regression
Two-Way Analysis of Variance