Mathematical Statistics with Applications - 7th Edition - by Dennis O. Wackerly - ISBN 9781111798789

Mathematical Statistics with Applicatio...
7th Edition
Dennis O. Wackerly
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781111798789

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Chapter 2.8 - Two Laws Of ProbabilityChapter 2.9 - Calculating The Probability Of An Event: The Event-composition MethodChapter 2.10 - The Law Of Total Probability And Bayes’ RuleChapter 2.11 - Numerical Events And Random VariablesChapter 3 - Discrete Random Variables And Their Probability DistributionsChapter 3.2 - The Probability Distribution For A Discrete Random VariableChapter 3.3 - The Expected Value Of A Random Variable Or A Function Of A Random VariableChapter 3.4 - The Binomial Probability DistributionChapter 3.5 - The Geometric Probability DistributionChapter 3.6 - The Negative Binomial Probability Distribution (optional)Chapter 3.7 - The Hypergeometric Probability DistributionChapter 3.8 - The Poisson Probability DistributionChapter 3.9 - Moments And Moment-generating FunctionsChapter 3.10 - Probability-generating Functions (optional)Chapter 3.11 - Tchebysheff’s TheoremChapter 4 - Continuous Variables And Their Probability DistributionsChapter 4.2 - The Probability Distribution For A Continuous Random VariableChapter 4.3 - Expected Values For Continuous Random VariablesChapter 4.4 - The Uniform Probability DistributionChapter 4.5 - The Normal Probability DistributionChapter 4.6 - The Gamma Probability DistributionChapter 4.7 - The Beta Probability DistributionChapter 4.9 - Other Expected ValuesChapter 4.10 - Tchebysheff’s TheoremChapter 4.11 - Expectations Of Discontinuous Functions And Mixed Probability Distributions (optional)Chapter 5 - Multivariate Probability DistributionsChapter 5.2 - Bivariate And Multivariate Probability DistributionsChapter 5.3 - Marginal And Conditional Probability DistributionsChapter 5.4 - Independent Random VariablesChapter 5.6 - Special TheoremsChapter 5.7 - The Covariance Of Two Random VariablesChapter 5.8 - The Expected Value And Variance Of Linear Functions Of Random VariablesChapter 5.9 - The Multinomial Probability DistributionChapter 5.10 - The Bivariate Normal Distribution (optional)Chapter 5.11 - Conditional ExpectationsChapter 6 - Functions Of Random VariablesChapter 6.3 - The Method Of Distribution FunctionsChapter 6.4 - The Method Of TransformationsChapter 6.5 - The Method Of Moment-generating FunctionsChapter 6.6 - Multivariable Transformations Using Jacobians (optional)Chapter 7 - Sampling Distributions And The Central Limit TheoremChapter 7.2 - Sampling Distributions Related To The Normal DistributionChapter 7.3 - The Central Limit TheoremChapter 7.5 - The Normal Approximation To The Binomial DistributionChapter 8 - EstimationChapter 8.2 - The Bias And Mean Square Error Of Point EstimatorsChapter 8.4 - Evaluating The Goodness Of A Point EstimatorChapter 8.5 - Confidence IntervalsChapter 8.6 - Large-sample Confidence IntervalsChapter 8.7 - Selecting The Sample SizeChapter 8.8 - Small-sample Confidence Intervals For μ And Μ1 − Μ2Chapter 8.9 - Confidence Intervals For σ 2Chapter 9 - Properties Of Point Estimators And Methods Of EstimationChapter 9.2 - Relative EfficiencyChapter 9.3 - ConsistencyChapter 9.4 - SufficiencyChapter 9.5 - The Rao–blackwell Theorem And Minimum-variance Unbiased EstimationChapter 9.6 - The Method Of MomentsChapter 9.7 - The Method Of Maximum LikelihoodChapter 9.8 - Some Large-sample Properties Of Maximum-likelihoodChapter 10 - Hypothesis TestingChapter 10.2 - Elements Of A Statistical TestChapter 10.3 - Common Large-sample TestsChapter 10.4 - Calculating Type Ii Error Probabilities And Finding The Sample Size For Z TestsChapter 10.5 - Relationships Between Hypothesis-testing Procedures And Confidence IntervalsChapter 10.6 - Another Way To Report The Results Of A Statistical Test:attained Significance Levels, Or P-valuesChapter 10.8 - Small-sample Hypothesis Testing For μ And Μ1 − Μ2Chapter 10.9 - Testing Hypotheses Concerning VariancesChapter 10.10 - Power Of Tests And The Neyman–pearson LemmaChapter 10.11 - Likelihood Ratio TestsChapter 11 - Linear Models And Estimation By Least SquaresChapter 11.3 - The Method Of Least SquaresChapter 11.4 - Properties Of The Least-squares Estimators: Simple Linear RegressionChapter 11.5 - Inferences Concerning The Parameters ΒiChapter 11.6 - Inferences Concerning Linear Functions Of The Model Parameters: Simple Linear RegressionChapter 11.7 - Predicting A Particular Value Of Y By Using Simple Linear RegressionChapter 11.8 - CorrelationChapter 11.9 - Some Practical ExamplesChapter 11.10 - Fitting The Linear Model By Using MatricesChapter 11.12 - Inferences Concerning Linear Functions Of The Model Parameters: Multiple Linear RegressionChapter 11.13 - Predicting A Particular Value Of Y By Using Multiple RegressionChapter 11.14 - A Test For H0 : Βg+1 = Βg+2 = ··· = Βk =0Chapter 12 - Considerations In Designing ExperimentsChapter 12.2 - Designing Experiments To Increase AccuracyChapter 12.3 - The Matched-pairs ExperimentChapter 12.4 - Some Elementary Experimental DesignsChapter 13 - The Analysis Of VarianceChapter 13.2 - The Analysis Of Variance ProcedureChapter 13.4 - An Analysis Of Variance Table For A One-way LayoutChapter 13.5 - A Statistical Model For The One-way LayoutChapter 13.7 - Estimation In The One-way LayoutChapter 13.8 - A Statistical Model For The Randomized Block DesignChapter 13.9 - The Analysis Of Variance For A Randomized Block DesignChapter 13.10 - Estimation In The Randomized Block DesignChapter 13.11 - Selecting The Sample SizeChapter 13.12 - Simultaneous Confidence Intervals For More Than One ParameterChapter 13.13 - Analysis Of Variance Using Linear ModelsChapter 14 - Analysis Of Categorical DataChapter 14.3 - A Test Of A Hypothesis Concerning Specified Cell Probabilities: A Goodness-of-fit TestChapter 14.4 - Contingency TablesChapter 14.5 - R × C Tables With Fixed Row Or Column TotalsChapter 15 - Nonparametric StatisticsChapter 15.3 - The Sign Test For A Matched-pairs ExperimentChapter 15.4 - The Wilcoxon Signed-rank Test For A Matched-pairs ExperimentChapter 15.6 - The Mann–whitney U Test: Independent Random SamplesChapter 15.7 - The Kruskal–wallis Test For The One-way LayoutChapter 15.8 - The Friedman Test For Randomized Block DesignsChapter 15.9 - The Runs Test: A Test For RandomnessChapter 15.10 - Rank Correlation CoefficientChapter 16.2 - Bayesian Priors, Posteriors, And Estimators

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In their bestselling MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS WITH APPLICATIONS, premiere authors Dennis Wackerly, William Mendenhall, and Richard L. Scheaffer present a solid foundation in statistical theory while conveying the relevance and importance of the theory in solving practical problems in the real world. The authors' use of practical applications and excellent exercises helps you discover the nature of statistics and understand its essential role in scientific research.

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