Student’s Solutions Manual James Lapp
Triola
STUDENT’S SOLUTIONS MANUAL JAMES LAPP Colorado Mesa University
E SSENTIALS OF STATISTICS SIXTH EDITION
Mario F. Triola Dutchess Community College
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CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction To Statistics Section 1-1: Statistical and Critical Thinking....................................................................1 Section 1-2: Types of D ata............................................................................................... 2 Section 1-3: Collecting Sample Data................................................................................ 2 Chapter Quick Quiz.......................................................................................................... 3 Review Exercises.................................................................................................... 3 Cumulative Review Exercises.......................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2: Exploring Data with Tables and Graphs Section 2-1: Frequency Distributions for Organizing and Summarizing Data.................5 Section 2-2: Histograms.................................................................................................... 7 Section 2-3: Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive........................................ 9 Section 2-4: Scatterplots, Correlation, and Regression.................................................. 10 Chapter Quick Quiz.........................................................................................................11 Review Exercises.............................................................................................................12 Cumulative Review Exercises.........................................................................................13
Chapter 3: Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data Section 3-1: Measures of Center......................................................................................15 Section 3-2: Measures of Variation.................................................................................17 Section 3-3: Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots............................................. 20 Chapter Quick Quiz........................................................................................................ 22 Review Exercises............................................................................................................ 22 Cumulative Review Exercises........................................................................................ 23
Chapter 4: Probability Section 4-1: Basic Concepts of Probability.................................................................... 25 Section 4-2: Addition Rule and Multiplication Rule...................................................... 26 Section 4-3: Complements, Conditional Probability, and Bayes’ Theorem...................27 Section 4-4: Counting..................................................................................................... 28 Chapter Quick Quiz........................................................................................................ 29 Review Exercises............................................................................................................ 30 Cumulative Review Exercises........................................................................................ 31
Chapter 5: Discrete Probability Distributions Section 5-1: Probability Distributions............................................................................ 33 Section 5-2: Binomial Probability Distributions............................................................. 34 Section 5-3: Poisson Probability Distributions............................................................... 35 Chapter Quick Quiz........................................................................................................ 36 Review Exercises............................................................................................................ 37 Cumulative Review Exercises........................................................................................ 38