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For courses in Introductory Statistics. Real data brings statistics to life. From cybersecurity to drones and Internet traffic, statistics influences and shapes the world around us. Market-leading author Marty Triola is committed to keeping Elementary Statistics current, with an unprecedented amount of new real data, to help students of all majors understand the role of statistics in the world around us.The revision continues to bolster the hallmarks that have made it so effective, giving students the foundational skills to apply statistical procedures and interpret data. Updates in the 14th Edition keep the text and MyLab® more relevant and supportive than ever; a wealth of new data sets, exercises, and examples along with larger data sets, content updates, and new videos support students. Elementary Statistics is part of a series that also includes an Essentials version as well as technology-specific texts, Elementary Statistics Using the TI-83/84 Plus Calculator and Elementary Statistics Using Excel®. Data sets and other resources for this series are available in MyLab Statistics or pearson.com/math-stats-resources. Cover 1 Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Dedication 7 About the Author 9 Contents 11 Preface 13 Acknowledgments 18 1 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS 23 1‐1 Statistical and Critical Thinking 25 1‐2 Types of Data 36 1‐3 Collecting Sample Data 48 1‐4 Ethics in Statistics (download only) 58 2 EXPLORING DATA WITH TABLES AND GRAPHS 65 2‐1 Frequency Distributions for Organizing and Summarizing Data 67 2‐2 Histograms 77 2‐3 Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive 84 2‐4 Scatterplots, Correlation, and Regression 95 3 DESCRIBING, EXPLORING, AND COMPARING DATA 108 3‐1 Measures of Center 110 3‐2 Measures of Variation 126 3‐3 Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots 143 4 PROBABILITY 164 4‐1 Basic Concepts of Probability 166 4‐2 Addition Rule and Multiplication Rule 180 4‐3 Complements, Conditional Probability, and Bayes’ Theorem 193 4‐4 Counting 202 4‐5 Simulations for Hypothesis Tests 212 5 DISCRETE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS 225 5‐1 Probability Distributions 227 5‐2 Binomial Probability Distributions 240 5‐3 Poisson Probability Distributions 254 6 NORMAL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS 266 6‐1 The Standard Normal Distribution 268 6‐2 Real Applications of Normal Distributions 282 6‐3 Sampling Distributions and Estimators 294 6‐4 The Central Limit Theorem 305 6‐5 Assessing Normality 316 6‐6 Normal as Approximation to Binomial (download only) 325 7 ESTIMATING PARAMETERS AND DETERMINING SAMPLE SIZES 332 7‐1 Estimating a Population Proportion 334 7‐2 Estimating a Population Mean 351 7‐3 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance 367 7‐4 Bootstrapping: Using Technology for Estimates 377 8 HYPOTHESIS TESTING 394 8‐1 Basics of Hypothesis Testing 396 8‐2 Testing a Claim About a Proportion 412 8‐3 Testing a Claim About a Mean 426 8‐4 Testing a Claim About a Standard Deviation or Variance 438 8‐5 Resampling: Using Technology for Hypothesis Testing 447 9 INFERENCES FROM TWO SAMPLES 462 9‐1 Two Proportions 464 9‐2 Two Means: Independent Samples 476 9‐3 Matched Pairs 491 9‐4 Two Variances or Standard Deviations 502 9‐5 Resampling: Using Technology for Inferences 512 10 CORRELATION AND REGRESSION 528 10‐1 Correlation 530 10‐2 Regression 551 10‐3 Prediction Intervals and Variation 566 10‐4 Multiple Regression 574 10‐5 Nonlinear Regression 586 11 GOODNESS‐OF‐FIT AND CONTINGENCY TABLES 598 11‐1 Goodness‐of‐Fit 600 11‐2 Contingency Tables 612 12 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE 632 12‐1 One‐Way ANOVA 634 12‐2 Two‐Way ANOVA 648 13 NONPARAMETRIC TESTS 664 13‐1 Basics of Nonparametric Tests 666 13‐2 Sign Test 668 13‐3 Wilcoxon Signed‐Ranks Test for Matched Pairs 679 13‐4 Wilcoxon Rank‐Sum Test for Two Independent Samples 686 13‐5 Kruskal‐Wallis Test for Three or More Samples 693 13‐6 Rank Correlation 699 13‐7 Runs Test for Randomness 708 14 STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL 722 14‐1 Control Charts for Variation and Mean 724 14‐2 Control Charts for Attributes 735 15 HOLISTIC STATISTICS 746 APPENDIX A TABLES AND FORMULAS 753 APPENDIX B DATA SETS 771 APPENDIX C WEBSITES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS 787 APPENDIX D ANSWERS TO ODD‐NUMBERED SECTION EXERCISES 788 Credits 837 Subject Index 845 A 845 B 845 C 845 D 847 E 847 F 847 G 848 H 848 I 848 J 849 K 849 L 849 M 849 N 850 O 850 P 851 Q 852 R 852 S 853 T 854 U 855 V 855 W 855 X 855 Y 855 Z 855 Applications Index 857 Agriculture 857 Archeology 857 Biology 857 Business and Economics 857 Education 857 Engineering 857 Entertainment 857 Environment 858 Ergonomics 858 Finance 858 Food /Drink 858 General Interest 858 Health 859 Labor 860 Language/Communication 860 Law 860 Medicine 860 People and Psychology 860 Physics 861 Politics 861 Science 861 Social Issues 861 Sports 861 Surveys and Opinion Polls 861 Technology 861 Transportation 862 War/Warfare 862 For courses in Introductory Statistics. Real data brings statistics to life Statistics influences and shapes the world around us. Best-selling author Marty Triola is committed to keeping Elementary Statistics current — with an unprecedented amount of current real data — so that students of all majors understand the role of statistics. In addition to abundant new data sets, examples, and exercises, Elementary Statistics includes learning objectives as an organizational tool, larger data sets, and new topics and organization in line with advancements in statistics education. In addition, students will find more support from videos, more opportunities for practice, and improved support for statistical software.