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CENGAGE Statistics An Introduction International Edition 5Th Edition 2008 Edition by ROGER E. KIRK
Master Teacher and writer Roger E. Kirk brings two clear goals to the Fifth Edition of STATISTICS: AN INTRODUCTION: to provide a sound introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and to help students read and understand statistical presentations in their field. Kirk provides guidelines to help you decide when to use various procedures, and how to understand the logic of the procedures. This revision includes a complete update, focusing specifically on increased coverage of effect size and power. 1. Introduction to Statistics. 2. Frequency Distributions and Graphs. 3. Measures of Central Tendency. 4. Measures of Dispersion, Skewness, and Kurtosis. 5. Correlation. 6. Regression. 7. Probability. 8. Random Variables and Probability Distributions. 9. Normal Distribution and Sampling Distributions. 10. Statistical Inference: One Sample. 11. Statistical Inference: Other One-Sample Test Statistics. 12. Statistical Inference: Two Samples. 13. Statistical Inference: Other Two-Sample Test Statistics. 14. Introduction of the Analysis of Variance. 15. Other Analysis of Variance Designs. 16. Statistical Inference for Frequency Data. 17. Statistical Inference for Ranked Data. Appendix A: Review of Basic Mathematics. Appendix B: Glossary of Symbols. Appendix C: Answers to "Check Your Understanding" Exercises. Appendix D: Tables. Appendix E: Student Database. References. Index.