Introductory Statistics, 9th Edition is written for a one or two semester first course in applied statistics and is intended for students who do not have a strong background in mathematics. The only prerequisite is knowledge of elementary algebra. Introductory Statistics is known for its realistic examples and exercises, clarity and brevity of presentation, and soundness of pedagogical approach.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Organizing and Graphing Data
3. Numerical Descriptive Measures
4. Probability
5. Discrete Random Variables and Their Probability Distribution
6. Continuous Random Variables and the Normal Distribution
7. Sampling Distributions
8. Estimation of the Mean and Proportion
9. Hypothesis Tests About the Mean and Proportion
10. Estimation and Hypothesis Testing: Two Populations
11. Chi-Square Tests
12. Analysis of Variance
13. Simple Linear Regression
14. Multiple Regression
15. Nonparametric Methods
A. Explanation of Data Sets
B. Statistical Tables
About the Author :
Prem Singh Mann was born on November 20, 1947 in Punjab, India. Came to the United States, 1980. Bachelor, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1968. Master of Arts in Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1970. Master of Arts in Economics, Manchester University, England, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1988.