A probability and statistics companion /

Main Author: Kinney, John J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Probability and sample spaces
  • 2. Permutations and combinations : choosing the best candidate : acceptance sampling
  • 3. Conditional probability
  • 4. Geometric probability
  • 5. Random variables and discrete probability distributions : uniform, binomial, hypergeometric, and geometric distributions
  • 6. Seven-game series in sports
  • 7. Waiting time problems
  • 8. Continuous probability distributions : sums, the normal distribution, and the central limit theorem : bivariate random variables
  • 9. Statistical inference I
  • 10. Statistical inference II : continuous probability distributions II : comparing two samples
  • 11. Statistical process control
  • 12. Nonparametric methods
  • 13. Least squares, medians, and the Indy 500
  • 14. Sampling
  • 15. Design of experiments
  • 16. Recursions and probability
  • 17. Generating functions and the central limit theorem.