Schaum's Outline of Statistics - Softcover

Spiegel, Murray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071167668 ISBN 13: 9780071167666

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Asia, 1999

Synopsis

A guide to the principles and techniques of statistics, this text includes 975 solved problems.

About this title

About the Author

The Late MURRAY R. SPIEGEl received the M.S degree in Physics and the Ph.D. in Mathematics from Cornell University. He had positions at Harvard University, Columbia University, Oak Ridge and Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute, and served as a mathematical consultant at several large Companies. His last Position was professor and Chairman of mathematics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hartford Graduate Center. He was interested in most branches of mathematics at the Rensselaer polytechnic Institute, Hartford Graduate Center. He was interested in most branches of mathematics, especially those which involve applications to physics and engineering problems. He was the author of numerous journal articles and 14 books on various topics in mathematics.

From the Back Cover

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Schaum's Outlines give you the information your teachers expect you to know in a handy and succinct format­­without overwhelming you with unnecessary details. You get a complete overview of the subject. Plus, you get plenty of practice exercises to test your skill. Compatible with any classroom text, Schaum's Outlines let you study at your own pace and remind you of all the important facts you need to remember­­fast! And Schaum's are so complete, they're perfect for preparing for graduate or professional exams. Inside, you will find:

-508 solved problems, updated for today's students
-694 additional practice problems
-Computerized solutions using Minitab software
-Easy-to-follow explanations of analyses of time series, the statistical process, control charts, and process capability computation

If you want top grades and a thorough understanding of statistics, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have!

Chapters include:

-Variables and Graphs
-Frequency Distributions
-The Mean, Median, Mode, and Other Measures of Central Tendency
-The Standard Deviation and Other Measures of Dispersion
-Moments, Skewness, and Kurtosis
-Elementary Probability Theory
-The Binomial, Normal, and Poisson Distributions
-Elementary Sampling Theory
-Statistical Estimation Theory
-Statistical Decision Theory
-Small Sampling Theory
-The Chi-Square Test
-Curve Fitting and the Method of Least Squares
-Correlation Theory
-Multiple and Partial Correlation
-Analysis of Variance
-Nonparametric Tests
-Analysis of Time Series

Statistical Process Control and Process Capability

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Asia
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071167668
• ISBN 13: 9780071167666
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 496