The new edition incorporates the most up-to-date methods and applications to present the latest information in the field. It focuses on explaining how to apply the concepts through case studies and numerous examples. Data integrated throughout the chapters come from a wide range of disciplines and media sources. Over examples are included along with marginal notes and step-by-step solutions.
The Decide for Yourself feature also helps business professionals explore real-world problems and solutions. The realistic content of its examples and exercises, the clarity and brevity of its presentation, and the soundness of its pedagogical approach have received the highest remarks from both students and instructors. Now this bestseller is available in a new Fifth Edition. New Case Studies : More than one-third of the chapter opener case studies are new.
These appendixes, located on the CD-ROM packaged with new copies of the book, introduce the technology and methods for using it to work with data. MyStatLab provides instructors with a rich and flexible set of course materials, along with course-management tools that make it easy to deliver all or a portion of your course online.
MyStatLab provides students with a personalized interactive learning environment, where they can learn at their own pace and measure their progress. Students can use StatCrunch for both numerical and graphical data analysis, taking advantage of interactive graphics to help them see the connection between objects selected in a graph and the underlying data.
StatCrunch is available within the MyStatLab course. Random numbers II. Areas under the standard normal curve III. Normal scores IV. Critical values for a correlation test for normality X. Values of q0. Share a link to All Resources. Websites and online courses. Other Student Resources. Course Resources. Instructors, you may still place orders with your bookstore.
Discipline Resources. About the Author s. Statistical Concepts and Skills exercises help students master the skills and concepts explicitly discussed inthe section. Extending the Concepts and Skills exercises invite students to extend their skills byexamining material not necessarily covered in the text. Exercises thatintroduce new concepts are highlighted in blue. Chapter Reviews. Each chapter review includes chapterobjectives , a list of Key Terms with page references, and a Review Test to help students reviewand study the chapter.
Items related to optional materials are marked withasterisks unless the entire chapter is optional. Award-Winning Internet Projects. Each chapter includes an InternetProject to engage students in active and collaborative learning throughsimulations, demonstrations, and other activities, and guide them throughapplications by using Internet links to access data and other informationprovided by the vast resources of the World Wide Web.
The Internet Projects are featured on the Weiss Web site at www. Focusing on Data Analysis. A brand new database has been constructed for the Focusing on Data Analysis feature, which appears in every chapter.
Students can conduct various statistical analyses on these data sets, using the technologyof their choice. This feature gives students an opportunity to work with largedata sets, to practice using technology, and to discover the many methods ofexploring and analyzing data. Statistical analyses can be performed for the entire population of UWEC students for topicsthat require population data.
The database can be sampled to perform statistical analyses that require sampledata e. The database lends itself to interesting and informative class projects, asillustrated in the Chapters 8 and 9 Focusing on Data Analysis sections. Case Study Discussion. At the end of the chapter, thechapter-opening case study is reviewed and discussed in light of the chapter'smajor points, and then problems are presented for students to solve.
StatExplore in MyMathLab. At the end of each chapter of the book, we illustratethe use of StatExplore to perform a statistical analysis discussed in thechapter. For best results, students should implement the steps we present andthereby obtain the StatExplore output for themselves.
Exercises encouragestudents to further apply StatExplore to other statistical analyses examined inthe chapter. Biographical Sketches. Each chapter ends with a brief biography of a famous statistician.
Besides being of general interest, these biographies help students obtain aperspective on the development of the science of statistics. Procedure Index. Because of the numerous statistical procedures available, finding aspecific one is sometimes difficult. Consequently, we include a ProcedureIndex located inside the back cover of the book , which provides a quick and easyway to find the right procedure fo Convert currency. Add to Basket. Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory think This unique design allows both the flexibility to concentrate on one approach or the opportunity for greater depth in comparing the two.
This edition of Elementary Statistics continues the book's tradition of being on the cutting edge of statistical pedagogy, technology, and data analysis. It includes hundreds of new and updated exercises with real data from journals, magazines, newspapers, and Web sites. Elementary Statistics, Eighth Edition , takes a data-driven approach with more than data sets documented by several hundred data sources. Pearson offers affordable and accessible purchase options to meet the needs of your students.
Connect with us to learn more. Neil A. Weiss received his Ph. Weiss has taught statistics, probability, and mathematics—from the freshman level to the advanced graduate level—for more than 30 years.
In addition to his numerous research publications, Dr. He has also authored or coauthored books in finite mathematics, statistics, and real analysis, and is currently working on a new book on applied regression analysis and the analysis of variance.
His texts—well known for their precision, readability, and pedagogical excellence—are used worldwide. Weiss is a pioneer of the integration of statistical software into textbooks and the classroom, first providing such integration in the book Introductory Statistics Addison-Wesley, Weiss and Addison-Wesley continue that pioneering spirit to this day with the inclusion of some of the most comprehensive Web sites in the field. In his spare time, Dr. He is married and has two sons.
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