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Statistics.Pdf SCHAUM'S OUTLINE OF TheoryandProblemsof STATISTICS This page intentionally left blank SCHAUM'S OUTLINE OF TheoryandProblemsof STATISTICS Fourth Edition . MURRAY R. SPIEGEL, Ph.D. Former Professor and Chairman Mathematics Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hartford Graduate Center LARRY J. STEPHENS, Ph.D. Full Professor Mathematics Department University of Nebraska at Omaha . Schaum’s Outline Series McGRAW-HILL New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2008, 1999, 1988, 1961 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. 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Under no circumstances shall McGraw-Hill and/or its licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential or similar damages that result from the use of or inability to use the work, even if any of them has been advised of the possibility of such damages. This limitation of liability shall apply to any claim or cause whatsoever whether such claim or cause arises in contract, tort or otherwise. DOI: 10.1036/0071485848 Professional Want to learn more? We hope you enjoy this McGraw-Hill eBook! If you’d like more information about this book, its author, or related books and websites, please click here. To the memory of my Mother and Father, Rosie and Johnie Stephens L.J.S. This page intentionally left blank This fourth edition, completed in 2007, contains new examples, 130 new figures, and output from five computer software packages representative of the hundreds or perhaps thousands of computer software packages that are available for use in statistics. All figures in the third edition are replaced by new and sometimes different figures created by the five software packages: EXCEL, MINITAB, SAS, SPSS, and STATISTIX. My examples were greatly influenced by USA Today as I put the book together. This newspaper is a great source of current uses and examples in statistics. Other changes in the book include the following. Chapter 18 on the analyses of time series was removed and Chapter 19 on statistical process control and process capability is now Chapter 18. The answers to the supplementary problems at the end of each chapter are given in more detail. More discussion and use of p-values is included throughout the book. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS As the statistical software plays such an important role in the book, I would like to thank the following people and companies for the right to use their software. MINITAB: Ms. Laura Brown, Coordinator of the Author Assistance Program, Minitab Inc., 1829 Pine Hall Road, State College, PA 16801. I am a member of the author assistance program that Minitab sponsors. ‘‘Portions of the input and output contained in this publication/book are printed with the permission of Minitab Inc. All material remains the exclusive property and copyright of Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.’’ The web address for Minitab is www.minitab.com. SAS: Ms. Sandy Varner, Marketing Operations Manager, SAS Publishing, Cary, NC. ‘‘Created with SAS software. Copyright 2006. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC.’’ I quote from the Website: ‘‘SAS is the leader in business intelligence software and services. Over its 30 years, SAS has grown – from seven employees to nearly 10,000 worldwide, from a few customer sites to more than 40,000 – and has been profitable every year.’’ The web address for SAS is www.sas.com. SPSS: Ms. Jill Rietema, Account Manager, Publications, SPSS. I quote from the Website: ‘‘SPSS Inc. is a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software and solutions. Founded in 1968, today SPSS has more than 250,000 customers worldwide, served by more than 1200 employees in 60 countries.’’ The Web address for SPSS is www.spss.com. STATISTIX: Dr. Gerard Nimis, President, Analytical Software, P.O. Box 12185, Tallahassee, FL 32317. I quote from the Website: ‘‘If you have data to analyze, but you’re a researcher, not a statistician, Statistix is designed for you. You’ll be up and running in minutes-without programming or using a manual. This easy to learn and simple to use software saves you valuable time and money. Statistix combines all the basic and advanced statistics and powerful data manipulation tools you need in a single, inexpensive package.’’ The Web address for STATISTIX is www.statistix.com. EXCEL: Microsoft Excel has been around since 1985. It is available to almost all college students. It is widely used in this book. vii Copyright © 2008, 1999, 1988, 1961 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for terms of use. viii PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION I wish to thank Stanley Wileman for the computer advice that he so unselfishly gave to me during the writing of the book. I wish to thank my wife, Lana, for her understanding while I was often day dreaming and thinking about the best way to present some concept. Thanks to Chuck Wall, Senior Acquisitions Editor, and his staff at McGraw-Hill. Finally, I would like to thank Jeremy Toynbee, project manager at Keyword Publishing Services Ltd., London, England, and John Omiston, freelance copy editor, for their fine production work. I invite comments and questions about the book at [email protected]. LARRY J. STEPHENS In preparing this third edition of Schaum’s Outline of Statistics, I have replaced dated problems with problems that reflect the technological and sociological changes that have occurred since the first edition was published in 1961. One problem in the second edition dealt with the lifetimes of radio tubes, for example. Since most people under 30 probably do not know what radio tubes are, this problem, as well as many other problems, have been replaced by problems involving current topics such as health care issues, AIDS, the Internet, cellular phones, and so forth. The mathematical and statistical aspects have not changed, but the areas of application and the computational aspects of statistics have changed. Another important improvement is the introduction of statistical software into the text. The devel- opment of statistical software packages such as SAS, SPSS, and MINITAB has dramatically changed the application of statistics to real-world problems. One of the most widely used statistical packages in academia as well as in industrial settings is the package called MINITAB (Minitab Inc., 1829 Pine Hall Road, State College, PA 16801). I would like to thank Minitab Inc. for granting me permission to include Minitab output throughout the text. Many modern statistical textbooks include computer software output as part of the text. I have chosen to include Minitab because it is widely used and is very friendly. Once a student learns the various data file structures needed to use MINITAB, and the structure of the commands and subcommands, this knowledge is readily transferable to other statistical software. With the introduction of pull-down menus and dialog boxes, the software has been made even friendlier. I include both commands and pull-down menus in the Minitab discussions in the text.
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