Probability: an Introduction with Statistical Applications
Thoroughly updated, Probability: An Introduction with Statistical Applications, Second Edition features a comprehensive exploration of statistical data analysis as an application of probability. The new edition provides an introduction to statistics with accessible coverage of reliability, acceptance sampling, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and simple linear regression. Encouraging readers to develop a deeper intuitive understanding of probability, the author presents illustrative ge…
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- Full title :Probability : an Introduction with Statistical Applications / John J. Kinney.
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Thoroughly updated, Probability: An Introduction with Statistical Applications, Second Edition features a comprehensive exploration of statistical data analysis as an application of probability. The new edition provides an introduction to statistics with accessible coverage of reliability, acceptance sampling, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and simple linear regression. Encouraging readers to develop a deeper intuitive understanding of probability, the author presents illustrative geometrical presentations and arguments without the need for rigorous mathematical proofs. Featuring a practical and real-world approach, this textbook is ideal for a first course in probability for students majoring in statistics, engineering, business, psychology, operations research, and mathematics. Probability: An Introduction with Statistical Applications, Second Edition is also an excellent reference for researchers and professionals in any discipline who need to make decisions based on data as well as readers interested in learning how to accomplish effective decision making from data.
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- Publication Date:2014.
- Edition:2. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication:Hoboken
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 546 s. : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781118947081, 1118947088
- oclc:ocn941561465
- Dewey Decimal:519.2
Table of Contents
1. Sample Spaces and Probability -- 2. Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions -- 3. Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions -- 4. Functions of Random Variables; Generating Functions; Statistical Applications -- 5. Bivariate Probability Distributions -- 6. Recursions and Markov Chains -- 7. Some Challenging Problems -- Appendix A. Use of Mathematica in Probability and Statistics -- Appendix B. Answers for Odd-Numbered Exercises -- Appendix C. Standard Normal Distribution.
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