Elementary Statistics (Bluman), 7th Edition

Data Sets

This site contains data sets to accompany Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach, 7e by Allan G. Bluman (McGraw-Hill, 2009).

File Formats

The files included are formatted in the following:

Minitab 14 Portable (for Macintosh or Windows)
TI-Graph Link files for TI-83 or TI-84
Excel 2007 (for Windows or Macintosh)
Comma-delimited ASCII
SPSS for Windows

Naming Convention

The files are named according to the following convention:

The initial letter denotes the type of problem.
- E = Example
- I = Introduction
- P = Exercise
- Q = Quiz
- T = Table
- MT = Minitab Examples
- TI = TI Calculator Exercises
- XL = Excel Examples
- CT = Critical Thinking
- RP = Review Exercises
- EC = Extending the Concepts
The remainder of the file name denotes chapter and problem number.

For example, E-C03-S02-15 refers to Chapter 3 Section 2 Example 15.

Note to TI Graph Link users: Two types of files are present.

Those that are named .8xl include one column of data. When the data is sent to the TI calculator, it is saved to the calculator as a list with the same name as the file on this CD-ROM without the .8xl extension.
Files containing the .8xm extension include more than one column of data. The TI interprets this data as a matrix. The data is saved on the calculator as matrix [A] by default. To convert the matrix to lists for data analysis, choose "List" and then go to the "Ops" menu. Select the "MATR->LIST" command to convert the matrix columns into separate lists.

Windows Downloads
On Windows, right-click on the link and choose "Save Target As.." or "Save Link As...", then save the file to your computer.

Macintosh Downloads
On Macintosh, to copy the files to your Desktop, simply hold the Control key down and left click on the link. Choose "Save Linked File As...", "Save Link Target As...", or "Save Link As..." and select the Desktop as the destination.