Introduction to Probability and Statistics: Principles and Applications for Engineering and the Computing Sciences (Int'l Ed)

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Probability and Counting

1.1 Interpreting Probabilities

1.2 Sample Spaces and Events

1.3 Permutations and Combinations

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Chapter 2 - Some Probability Laws

2.1 Axioms of Probability

2.2 Conditional Probability

2.3 Independence and the Multiplication Rule

2.4 Bayes' Theorem

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Chapter 3 - Discrete Distributions

3.1 Random Variables

3.2 Discrete Probablility Densities

3.3 Expectation and Distribution Parameters

3.4 Geometric Distribution and the Moment Generating Function

3.5 Binomial Distribution

3.6 Negative Binomial Distribution

3.7 Hypergeometric Distribution

3.8 Poisson Distribution

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Chapter 4 - Continuous Distributions

4.1 Continuous Densities

4.2 Expectation and Distribution Parameters

4.3 Gamma, Exponential, and Chi-Squared Distributions

4.4 Normal Distribution

4.5 Normal Probability Rule and Chebyshev's Inequality

4.6 Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution

4.7 Weibull Distribution and Reliability

4.8 Transformation of Variables

4.9 Simulating a Continuous Distribution

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Chapter 5 - Joint Distributions

5.1 Joint Densities and Independence

5.2 Expectation and Covariance

5.3 Correlation

5.4 Conditional Densities and Regression

5.5 Transformation of Variables

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Chapter 6 - Descriptive Statistics

6.1 Random Sampling

6.2 Picturing the Distribution

6.3 Sample Statistics

6.4 Boxplots

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Chapter 7 - Estimation

7.1 Point Estimation

7.2 The Method of Moments and Maximum Likelihood

7.3 Functions of Random Variables--Distribution of X

7.4 Interval Estimation and the Central Limit Theorem

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Chapter 8 - Inferences on the Mean and Variance of a Distribution

8.1 Interval Estimation of Variability

8.2 Estimating the Mean and the Student-t Distribution

8.3 Hypothesis Testing

8.4 Significance Testing

8.5 Hypothesis and Significance Tests on the Mean

8.6 Hypothesis Test on the Variance

8.7 Alternative Nonparametric Methods

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Chapter 9 - Inferences on Proportions

9.1 Estimating Proportions

9.2 Testing Hypothesis on a Proportion

9.3 Comparing Two Proportions Estimation

9.4 Coparing Two Proportions: Hypothesis Testing

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Chapter 10 - Comparing Two Means and Two Variances

10.1 Point Estimation: Independent Samples

10.2 Comparing Variances: The F Distribution

10.3 Comparing Means: Variances Equal (Pooled Test)

10.4 Comparing Means: Variances Unequal

10.5 Compairing Means: Paried Data

10.6 Alternative Nonparametric Methods

10.7 A Note on Technology

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Chapter 11 - Sample Linear Regression and Correlation

11.1 Model and Parameter Estimation

11.2 Properties of Least-Squares Estimators

11.3 Confidence Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

11.4 Repeated Measurements and Lack of Fit

11.5 Residual Analysis

11.6 Correlation

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Chapter 12 - Multiple Linear Regression Models

12.1 Least-Squares Procedures for Model Fitting

12.2 A Matrix Approach to Least Squares

12.3 Properties of the Least-Squares Estimators

12.4 Interval Estimation

12.5 Testing Hypothesis about Model Parameters

12.6 Use of Indicator or