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Fundamentals of Statistics
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Fundamentals of Statistics covers topics on the introduction, fundamentals, and science of statistics. The book discusses the collection, organization and representation of numerical data; elementary probability; the binomial Poisson distributions; and the measures of central tendency. The text describes measures of dispersion for measuring the spread of a distribution; continuous distributions for measuring on a continuous scale; the properties and use of normal distribution; and tests involving the normal or student's 't' distributions. The use of control charts for sample means; the ranges and fraction defective; the chi-squared distribution; the F distribution; and the bivariate distributions are also considered. The book deals with the idea of mathematical expectation and its relationship with mean, variance, and covariance, as well as weighted averages, death rates, and time series. Students studying for advanced level education or higher national certificates in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, or Pharmacy, as well as university students taking such courses will find the book invaluable.
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2
INTRODUCTION
done
earlier
by
a
number
of
eminent
mathematicians
such
as
Pascal
(1623-1662),
James
Bernouilli
(1654-1705),
and
probably
the
greatest
of
all
the
earlier
writers
on
statistical
subjects
Gauss
(1777-1855).
Since
the
beginning
of
this
century
the
subject
has
received
much
wider
attention
as
its
usefulness,
first
to
agriculture
and
then
to
industry,
has
been
realized.
Nowadays,
most
large
industrial
and
commercial
firms
use
some
statistical
techniques
and
in
the
training
of
scientists,
engineers,
economists
and
accountants
a
course
in
statistics
is
generally
included.
It
has
already
been
emphasized
that
the
collection
of
data
to
which
the
statistical
processes
are
applied
must
be
reliable.
It
must
also
be
remembered
that
the
use
of
statistical
procedures
does
not,
of
itself,
guard
against
faulty
reasoning
or
incorrect
interpretation
of
results.
The
misuse
of
statistics
to
prove
that
a
desired
conclusion
is
correct
is
not
unknown.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Fundamentals of Statistics
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 2. THE COLLECTION, ORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTATION OF NUMERICAL DATA
- CHAPTER 3. ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY
- CHAPTER 4. THE BINOMIAL AND POISSON DISTRIBUTIONS
- CHAPTER 5. MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
- CHAPTER 6. MEASURES OF DISPERSION
- CHAPTER 7. CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS
- CHAPTER 8. THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER 9. SIGNIFICANCE TESTING AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
- CHAPTER 10. QUALITY CONTROL
- CHAPTER 11. CHI-SQUARED DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER 12. THE F DISTRIBUTION (VARIANCE RATIO)
- CHAPTER 13. BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS
- CHAPTER 14. MATHEMATICAL EXPECTATION, VARIANCE AND COVARIANCE
- CHAPTER 15. WEIGHTED AVERAGES, DEATH RATES AND TIME SERIES
- APPENDIX
- SOLUTIONS
- INDEX
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