Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data, Global Edition

Book Description Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data, Fifth Edition, gives students the tools to see a bigger picture and make informed choices. As a current introductory statistics instructor, Mike Sullivan III presents a text that is filled with ideas and strategies that work in today’s classroom. His practical emphasis resonates with students and helps them see that statistics is connected, not only to individual concepts, but also with the world at large.

Content

Part 1 - Getting the Information You Need
1. Data Collection

Part 2 - Descriptive Statistics
2. Organizing and Summarizing Data
3. Numerically Summarizing Data
4. Describing the Relation between Two Variables

PART 3 - Probability and Probability Distributions
5. Probability
6. Discrete Probability Distributions
7. The Normal Probability Distribution

PART 4 - Inference: From Samples to Population
8. Sampling Distributions
9. Estimating the Value of a Parameter
10. Hypothesis Tests Regarding a Parameter
11. Inferences on Two Samples
12. Inference on Categorical Data
13. Comparing Three or More Means
14. Inference on the Least-Squares Regression Model and Multiple Regression
15. Nonparametric Statistics