Description
In their own classrooms, through their popular texts, and in the conferences they lead, Bob Johnson and Pat Kuby have inspired hundreds of thousands of students and their instructors to see the utility and practicality of statistics. Robert Johnson and Patricia Kuby's ELEMENTARY STATISTICS, Tenth Edition has been consistently praised by users and reviewers for its clear exposition and relevant examples, exercises, and applications. Technology enhancements include the addition of Video Skillbuilders and StatisticsNow™ (part of the CengageNOW suite of technology products), our personalized online learning companion. This increased focus on technology to help students succeed, along with the wealth of instructor supplements and flexibility of technology coverage (with MINITAB, Excel, and TI-83 output and instructions throughout) clearly differentiate this text from its competitors as the most accessible text for students to learn from and the most straightforward text for instructors to teach from.
Table of Contents Part I: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
1. Statistics
2. Descriptive Analysis and Presentation of Single-Variable Data
3. Descriptive Analysis and Presentation of Bivariate Data
Part II: PROBABILITY
4. Probability
5. Probability Distributions (Discrete Variables)
6. Normal Probability Distributions
7. Sample Variability
Part III: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
8. Introduction to Statistical Inferences
9. Inferences Involving One Population
10. Inferences Involving Two Populations
Part IV: MORE INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
12. Analysis of Variance
13. Linear Correlation and Regression
14. Elements of Nonparametric Statistics
Robert R. Johnson is Professor of Mathematics Emeritus and a former chair of the Mathematics Department at Monroe Community College. He received his B.S. from SUNY Cortland and his M.A. from University of Northern Iowa, both in mathematics; and has studied statistics at University of Iowa and Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the co-author of JUST THE ESSENTIALS OF ELEMENTARY STATISTICS, Ninth Edition. Professor Johnson has given several presentations about the "teaching of statistics" and the use of MINITAB® in teaching statistics at various conferences and workshops. He has been using computers and MINITAB for over 30 years to aid in teaching statistics. He is also an active advocate for writing across the curriculum. Organizing the Beyond the Formula Statistics Conferences for teachers of Introductory Statistics has been a passion since 1997.