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- Published
- September 2018
- Page Count
- 426
- ISBN (Digital)
- 978-1-4533-8895-2
Introductory Statistics: A First Course
Version 2.0
By Douglas S. Shafer and Zhiyi Zhang
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This textbook is suitable for the following courses: Introductory Statistics (one semester).
Introductory Statistics: A First Course provides a concise, coherent explanation of introductory statistics topics that caters to the needs of general education students in standard one-semester introductory courses. Introductory Statistics: A First Course ensures student comprehension by focusing on important core concepts and using a variety of exercises and examples to illustrate topics covered. As a result, Introductory Statistics: A First Course provides a low-cost, high-quality alternative to existing options on the market.
New in This Version
- Improved presentation of the median and quartiles
- Simplified the condition that must be met for validity of statistical analyses of popular proportions
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Additions & Errata
- Changed 0.020 to 0.20 in Question 5(b) of the Basic Exercises in Chapter 5, Section 4 (9/14/20)
- Changed the "sigma/2" to "alpha/2" in two instances (once in Example 8 and once in Example 9) in Chapter 7, Section 4. Note this change appears in the online version of this book and in the PDF, but not in the eBook (10/28/20).
- Changed the "sigma/2" to "alpha/2" in the equation directly above Example 8 in Chapter 7, Section 4. Note this change appears in the online version of this book and in the PDF, but not in the eBook (12/2/20).
- Changed "15 Type A strips..." to "16 Type A strips..." and "20 Type B strips..." to "21 Type B strips..." in Example 6 in Chapter 11, Section 3. Note this change appears in the online version of this book and in the PDF, but not in the eBook (12/2/20)
- Changed "five categories" to "four categories" in Basic Exercises Question 1 in Chapter 11 Section 2 (12/17/20)
- Changed "Q_3=3800" to "Q_3=3050" in Question 9 Part (c) of Chapter 2 Section 4 (12/17/20)
- Changed "n=10" to "p=0.25" in Question 7 Part (a) of Chapter 4 Section 3 (12/17/20)
- Changed "n=957" to "n=975" in Question 10 Part (c) of Chapter 4 Section 3 (12/17/20)
- Changed "n=1750" to "p=0.79" in Question 10 Part (d) of Chapter 4 Section 3 (12/17/20)
- Changed "P(−4.22 < Z < −1.39)" to "P(−1.37 < Z < 5.11)." in Question 5 Part (b) of Chapter 5 Section 2 (12/17/20)
- Parts (b) and (c) of Question 1 in Chapter 5 Section 3 were switched (12/17/20)
- Added two values—"25" on the left and "20" on the right—to the bottom of the data set in Question 14 of Chapter 9 Section 2 (12/17/20)
- Changed the answer to Basic Exercises 5(b) in Chapter 5, Section 4 from 0.84 to 2.05 (2/10/21)
- Changed the "=" sign in the alternative hypothesis, "Ha: mu = 127.50," in Example 1 in Chapter 8, Section 1 to a ">" sign (2/10/21)
- Changed 2.235 to 2.325 in the Answer to Question 5(a) of the Basic Exercises in Chapter 8, Section 2 (4/21/21)
- Changed the null hypothesis from mu > 127.50 to mu = 127.50, and the altenrative hypothesis from mu = 127.50 to mu > 127.50, in Example 1 in Chapter 8, Section 1 (4/21/21)
- Deleted "(the 2.1 minutes pertains to the old drug, not the new one)" from Step 2 of Example 4 in Chapter 8, Section 2 (4/21/21)
- Changed "If sigma is known" to "If sigma is unknown" for T-statistic in Chapter 8, Section 4 (5/3/21)
- Changed 72.35 to 41.04 in answer to Question 11 of the Application Exercises in Chapter 11, Section 1 (5/3/21)