Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version was written as an aid in the beginning Statistics course for students whose mathematical background is limited to basic algebra. The book follows a nontheoretical approach without formal proofs, explaining concepts intuitively and supporting them with abundant examples. The applications span a broad range of topics including problems in business, sports, health architecture, education, entertainment, political science, psychology, history, criminal justice, and many more. While a number of important changes have been made in this next edition, the learning system remains untouched and provides students with a useful framework in which to learn and apply concepts.

Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version, 8e

Chapter 1: The Nature of Probability and Statistics

1.1, Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

1.2, Variables and Types of Data

1.3, Data Collection and Sampling Techniques

1.4, Experimental Design

1.5, Computers and Calculators

Chapter 2: Frequency Distributions and Graphs

2.1, Organizing Data

2.2, Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives

2.3, Other Types of Graphs

2.4, Paired Data and Scatter Plots

Chapter 3: Data Description

3.1, Measures of Central Tendency

3.2, Measures of Variation

3.3, Measures of Position

3.4, Exploratory Data Analysis

Chapter 4: Probability and Counting Rules

4.1, Sample Spaces and Probability

4.2, The Addition Rules for Probability

4.3, The Multiplication Rules and Conditional Probability

4.4, Counting Rules

4.5, Probability and Counting Rules

Chapter 5: Discrete Probability Distributions

5.1, Probability Distributions

5.2, Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation, and Expectation

5.3, The Binomial Distribution

Chapter 6: The Normal Distribution