Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface 1 Introduction and Data Collection 2 Presenting Data in Tables and Charts 3 Numerical Descriptive Measures 4 Basic Probability 5 Some Important Discrete Probability Distributions 6 The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Distributions 7 Sampling Distributions and Sampling 8 Confidence Interval Estimation 9 Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests 10 Two-Sample Tests 11 Analysis of Variance 12 Chi-Square Tests and Nonparametric Tests 13 Simple Linear Regression 14 Introduction to Multiple Regression 15 Multiple Regression Model Building 16 Time-Series Forecasting and Index Numbers 17 Decision Making 18 Statistical Applications in Quality Management Appendices A-F Self-Test Solutions and Answers to Selected Even-Numbered Problems Index Student CD-ROM Topics 5.6 Using the Poisson Distribution to Approximate the Binomial Distribution CD5-1 7.6 Sampling from Finite Populations CD7-1 8.7 Estimation and Sample Size Determination for Finite Populations CD8-1 12.10 Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Tests 15.6 Influence Analysis 16.9 The Holt-Winters Method for Trend-Fitting and Forecasting.