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Statistics professors are now changing to Microsoft Excel® at a rate that exceeds the change to any other technology. A key factor fostering that trend is the recognition that corporate America has embraced the spreadsheet as an efficient and effective tool for the analysis of data. Excel has become the premier program for working with those spreadsheets. Motivated by a desire to better serve their students by better preparing them for their professional careers, many professors now include Excel as the medium of technology that is used throughout the statistics course. Students can now learn important professional skills along with concepts of statistics. This marriage of statistics concepts and spreadsheet applications is giving birth to a generation of students who can enter professional careers armed with knowledge and skills that were once desired, but are now demanded. |
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Elementary Statistics Using Excel® is designed to be a complete introduction to basic statistics. Instead of being a manual of computer instructions, this book places strong emphasis on understanding concepts of statistics, with Excel included throughout as the key supplement. Topics are presented with illustrative examples, identification of required assumptions, and underlying theory. Excel instructions are provided along with typical displays of results. Those instructions and displays are based on Excel 97 and Excel 2000. Because Excel was not designed to be a complete tool for statistical analysis, it is important to know its limitations as well as alternative approaches. For example, it is important to know how Excel's graphs of histograms are misleading, and it is important to know how to correct those graphs. Excel's ZTEST command for hypothesis testing provides results that are inconsistent, so it is important to know how to avoid the pitfalls of that command. Elementary Statistics Using Excel® guides the reader through procedures that result in correct and consistent results.
Excel lacks some important features, such as the ability to generate confidence intervals or to conduct hypothesis tests involving proportions. Elementary Statistics Using Excel® includes tools that enable these important features. This book has key features that are so critical to an effective use of Excel as a statistical tool:
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| Elementary Statistics Using Excel® is written for students majoring in any field. Although the use of algebra is minimal, students should have completed at least an elementary algebra course. In many cases, underlying theory is included, but this book does not stress the mathematical rigor more suitable for mathematics majors. Because the many examples and exercises cover a wide variety of different and interesting statistical applications, Elementary Statistics Using Excel® is appropriate for students pursuing careers in disciplines ranging from the social sciences of psychology and sociology to areas such as education, the allied health fields, business, economics, engineering, the humanities, the physical sciences, journalism, communications, and liberal arts. |
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Mario F. Triola is a Professor of Mathematics at Dutchess Community
College, where he has taught statistics for over 30 years. Marty is the author
of Mathematics and the Modern World and A Survey of Mathematics,
and is the coauthor of Introduction to Technical Mathematics and Business
Statistics. Outside of the classroom, Marty's consulting work includes the
mathematical design of casino slot machines and fishing rods, and he has worked
with attorneys in determining probabilities in paternity lawsuits and identifying
salary inequities based on gender. Marty was recently a writing team member
of the Project Coalition writing team with NASA and the American Mathematics
Association of Two-Year Colleges.
When he's not working, Marty enjoys playing golf and tennis, running, hiking, and anything that flies. He has a commercial pilot's license with an instrument rating, and has flown airplanes, helicopters, sail planes, hang gliders, and hot air balloons. His passion for flying has included parachute jumps, flying in a Goodyear blimp, and parasailing. With his family, Marty had the pleasure of visiting 49 of the United States. He hopes to visit Kentucky very soon. Other favorite trips include a Kenyan photo safari, a rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, and hiking in Yellowstone National Park where he collected data for the Old Faithful geyser. The Text and Academic Authors Association has awarded Mario F. Triola a "Texty" for Excellence for his work on Elementary Statistics. |
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The organization of this book reflects the preferences of most statistics instructors, but there are two common variations that can be used easily:
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There are 1500 exercises. Many of the exercises require interpretation of results. Because exercises are of such critical importance to any statistics book, great care has been taken to ensure their usefulness, relevance, and accuracy. Three statisticians have read carefully through the final stages of the book to verify accuracy of the text material and exercise answers. Exercises are arranged in order of increasing difficulty by dividing them into two groups: (1) Basic Skills and Concepts and (2) Beyond the Basics. The Beyond the Basics exercises address more difficult concepts or require a somewhat stronger mathematical background. In some cases, these exercises also introduce a new concept.
Real data: More than half of the exercises use real data. Because the use of real data is such an important consideration for students, hundreds of hours have been devoted to finding real, meaningful, and interesting data. In addition to the real data included throughout the book, many exercises refer to the 20 data sets listed in Appendix B. Except for Data Set 6, those Appendix B data sets are available as Excel workbooks on the CD-ROM packaged with this book.
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Beyond an interesting and accessible (and sometimes humorous) writing style, great care has been taken to ensure that each chapter of Elementary Statistics Using Excel® will help students understand the concepts presented. The following features are designed to help meet that objective:
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Instructor's Guide and Solutions Manual, contains solutions to all the text exercises, quizzes (with answers), and sample course syllabi. ISBN: 0-201-71052-8.
New Videos, designed to supplement most sections in the
book, with many topics presented by the author. This is an excellent resource
for students who have missed class or wish to review a topic. It is also an
excellent resource for those instructors involved with distance learning, individual
study, or self-paced learning programs. ISBN: 0-201-70470-6. Available on CD-ROM. CD-ROM ISBN: 0-201-70966-X.
MathXL: The student text bundled with a 12-month registration coupon is 0-201-75979-9. With MathXL, students can take diagnostic chapter tests correlated to the book, receive individualized study plans based on those test results, and take further tests to gauge their progress. Instructors can customize tests or create their own, using TestGen-EQ testing software. All student test results are tracked in an online gradebook. For more information, contact your Addison-Wesley sales representative.
Testing System: Not only is there a printed test bank, but there is also a computerized test generator, TestGen-EQ 3.0 and Quizmaster 2.0, that lets you view and edit testbank questions, transfer them to tests, and print in a variety of formats. The program offers many options for organizing and displaying test banks and tests. A built-in random number and test generator makes TestGen-EQ ideal for creating multiple versions of tests and provides more possible test items than print testbank questions. Powerful search and sort functions let the instructor easily locate questions and arrange them in the preferred order. Users can export tests as HTML text files so they can be viewed with a Web browser. Printed Testbank ISBN: 0-201-71053-6; TestGen-EQ for Mac and Windows ISBN: 0-201-71139-7.
PowerPoint® Lecture Presentation CD: Free classroom lecture presentation software geared specifically to the sequence and philosophy of Elementary Statistics Using Excel®, has been prepared by Cheryl Slayden of Pellissippi State Technical Community College. Key graphics from the book are also included. Mac and Windows ISBN: 0-201-70462-5.
For the student
The following supplements can be ordered through a campus bookstore, or by calling our customer service group directly at 1-800-282-0693.
Data/Program Software, prepared by Mario F. Triola, includes the data
sets (except for Data Set 6) from Appendix B in the textbook. These data sets
are stored as text files, Minitab worksheets, TI Data application for the TI-83
Plus, and Excel workbooks and are included on the CD located in the back of the
book. The CD also includes programs for the TI-83® graphing calculator.
MathXL: The student text bundled with a 12-month registration coupon is 0-201-75979-9. With MathXL, students can take diagnostic chapter tests correlated to the book, receive individualized study plans based on those test results, and take further tests to gauge their progress. Instructors can customize tests or create their own, using TestGen-EQ testing software. All student test results are tracked in an online gradebook. For more information, students should contact their instructor.
STATDISK Statistical Software, specifically for the Triola text, is a
statistical software package (for both Windows and Macintosh) licensed free
to adopters of Elementary Statistics. This software is included
on the CD in the back of the book.
New Excel Add-In: Free software designed to enhance the capabilities
of Excel's statistics programs. Available on the CD bound in the back of the
book.
New CD-ROM: A free CD-ROM, packaged with every copy of the text, contains
the Data/Program software, STATDISK software, and the Excel Add-In.
Student Solutions Manual, by Milton Loyer, provides detailed,
worked-out solutions to all odd-numbered exercises. ISBN: 0-201-71138-9.
STATDISK Student Laboratory Manual and Workbook, written
by Mario F. Triola, includes experiments to be conducted by students using STATDISK
software, either in the computer lab, or for out-of-class assignments. ISBN:
0-201-70466-8.
Excel® Student Laboratory Manual and Workbook, includes instructions
on and examples of Excel in use. The manual includes many examples and problems
from the book as well as other appropriate exercises, and encourages further
exploration of statistical concepts. ISBN: 0-201-70459-5.
Minitab® Student Laboratory Manual and Workbook,
written by Mario F. Triola, includes instructions on and examples of Minitab
use. It also supplies many computer experiments to be conducted, and allows
further exploration of statistical concepts. ISBN: 0-201-70461-7.
New SPSS® Student Laboratory Manual and Workbook, includes instructions
on and examples of SPSS use to guide students as they learn this software package.
It also includes appropriate exercises from the text. ISBN: 0-201-70464-1.
TI-83 Plus® Companion to Elementary Statistics, by
Larry Morgan (Montgomery County Community College) is organized to follow the
sequence of topics in the text, and is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide
on how to use the TI-83 Plus® graphing calculator. It provides worked-out
examples to help students fully understand and use the graphing calculator.
This supplement is also suitable for use with a TI-83 calculator. ISBN: 0-201-70469-2.
Triola Version of ActivStats®, developed by Paul Velleman and Data
Description, Inc., provides complete coverage of introductory statistics topics
on CD-ROM, using a full range of multimedia. ActivStats integrates video, simulation,
animation, narration, text, interactive experiments, World Wide Web access,
and Data Desk®, a statistical software package. Homework problems and data
sets from the text are included on the CD-ROM. Also available are ActivStats for Excel and ActivStats for SPSS. ActivStats for Excel: Windows and Macintosh ISBN: 0-201-70861-2. ActivStats for SPSS: Windows ISBN: 0-201-70860-4. Windows and Macintosh ISBN: 0-201-70859-0.
Addison Wesley Longman Math Tutor Center For qualified adopters, free tutoring is available to students who purchase a new copy of Elementary Statistics Using Excel®. The Addison Wesley Longman Tutor Center (AWLTC) is staffed by qualified statistics and mathematics instructors who provide students with tutoring on text examples, problems, and odd-numbered exercises. Tutoring assistance is provided by telephone, fax, and e-mail and is available five days a week, seven hours a day. Each new book can be bundled with a registration number that provides each student with a free six-month subscription to the service. Request ISBN 0-201-72698-x (text bundled with AWLTC registration). Students who already have their text may purchase a subscription to the AWLTC by having their bookstore order ISBN 0-201-71049-8. For more information, please contact your Addison Wesley Longman sales representative.
1 Introduction to
Statistics
1-1 Overview
1-2 The Nature of Data
1-3 Uses and Abuses of Statistics
1-4 Design of Experiments
2 Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data
2-1 Overview
2-2 Summarizing Data with Frequency
Tables
2-3 Pictures of Data
2-4 Measures of Center
2-5 Measures of Variation
2-6 Measures of Position
2-7 Exploratory Data Analysis
(EDA)
3 Probability
3-1 Overview
3-2 Fundamentals
3-3 Addition Rule
3-4 Multiplication Rule: Basics
3-5 Multiplication Rule: Complements
and Conditional Probability
3-6 Probabilities Through Simulations
3-7 Counting
4 Probability Distributions
4-1 Overview
4-2 Random Variables
4-3 Binomial Probability Distributions
4-4 Mean, Variance, and Standard
Deviation for the Binomial Distribution
4-5 The Poisson Distribution
5 Normal Probability Distributions
5-1 Overview
5-2 The Standard Normal Distribution
5-3 Nonstandard Normal Distributions:
Finding Probabilities
5-4 Nonstandard Normal Distributions:
Finding Values
5-5 The Central Limit Theorem
5-6 Normal Distribution as Approximation
to Binomial Distribution
5-7 Determining Normality
6 Estimates and Sample Sizes
6-1 Overview
6-2 Estimating a Population Mean:
Large Samples
6-3 Estimating a Population Mean:
Small Samples
6-4 Determining Sample Size
6-5 Estimating a Population Proportion
6-6 Estimating a Population Variance
7 Hypothesis Testing
7-1 Overview
7-2 Fundamentals of Hypothesis
Testing
7-3 Testing a Claim about a Mean:
Large Samples
7-4 Testing a Claim about a Mean:
Small Samples
7-5 Testing a Claim about a Proportion
7-6 Testing a Claim about a Standard
Deviation or Variance
8 Inferences from Two Samples
8-1 Overview
8-2 Inferences about Two Means:
Independent and Large Samples
8-3 Inferences about Two Means:
Matched Pairs
8-4 Inferences about Two Proportions
8-5 Comparing Variation in Two
Samples
8-6 Inferences about Two Means:
Independent and Small Samples
9 Correlation and Regression
9-1 Overview
9-2 Correlation
9-3 Regression
9-4 Variation and Prediction
Intervals
9-5 Multiple Regression
9-6 Modeling
10 Multinomial Experiments and Contingency Tables
10-1 Overview
10-2 Multinomial Experiments:
Goodness-0f-Fit
10-3 Contingency Tables: Independence
and Homogeneity
11 Analysis of Variance
11-1 Overview
11-2 One-Way ANOVA
11-3 Two-Way ANOVA
12 Statistical Process Control
12-1 Overview
12-2 Control Charts for Variation
and Mean
12-3 Control Charts for Attributes
13 Nonparametric Statistics
13-1 Overview
13-2 Sign Test
13-3 Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test
for Matched Pairs
13-4 Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for
Two Independent Samples
13-5 Kruskal-Wallis Test
13-6 Rank Correlation
13-7 Runs Test for Randomness
14 Projects, Procedures, Perspectives
14-1 A Statistics Group Project
14-2 Which Procedure Applies?
14-3 A Perspective
Appendices
Appendix A: Tables
Appendix B: Data Sets
Appendix C: TI-83 Plus Reference
Appendix D: Glossary
Appendix E: Bibliography
Appendix F: Answers to Odd-Numbered
Exercises (and All Review Exercises and All Cumulative Review Exercises)
© 2000 by Addison Wesley Longman
A division of Pearson Education