Introductory Statistics

Mann's Introductory Statistics is written for a one- or two-semester first course in applied statistics. This book is intended for students who do not have a strong background in mathematics. The only prerequisite for this text is knowledge of elementary algebra. The goal of Introductory Statistics has been to make the subject of statistics interesting and accessible to a wide and varied audience. Three major elements of this text support this goal:

1. Realistic content of its examples and exercises, drawing from a comprehensive range of applications from all facets of life
2. Clarity and brevity of presentation
3. Soundness of pedagogical approach

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Organizing and Graphing Data
3. Numerical Descriptive Measures
4. Probability
5. Discrete Random Variables and Their Probability Distribution
6. Continuous Random Variables and the Normal Distribution
7. Sampling Distributions
8. Estimation of the Mean and Proportion
9. Hypothesis Tests About the Mean and Proportion
10. Estimation and Hypothesis Testing: Two Populations
11. Chi-Square Tests
12. Analysis of Variance
13. Simple Linear Regression
14. Multiple Regression (online only)
15. Nonparametric Methods (online only)
16. Appendix A: Explanation of Data Sets
17. Appendix B: Statistical Tables

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Mann's Introductory Statistics is written for a one or two semester first course in applied statistics and is intended for students who do not have a strong background in mathematics. The only prerequisite is knowledge of elementary algebra. Introductory Statistics is known for its realistic examples and exercises, clarity and brevity of presentation, and soundness of pedagogical approach.