Introduction to Probability and Statistics: Principles and Applications for Engineering and the Computing Sciences, 4/e
J. Susan Milton,
Radford University - Emeritus Jesse Arnold,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
ISBN: 007246836x Copyright year: 2003
Revision Changes
At the suggestion of users of the first three editions of the text, some changes have been made to enhance the fourth edition:
- New exercises have been added throughout.
- A data disk containing all data sets that appear in the text as part of examples or exercises is provided with the Instructor’s Solution Manual. Students may download these data sets from this website. At the suggestion of the reviewers, some of the data sets are rather large so the student can learn to manipulate such data via computer.
- The SAS computer supplements that appeared in the earlier editions have been deleted. However, more discussion of the interpretation of computer output is now included in the text.
- Some of the more difficult derivations have been placed in a Appendix giving the text a more applied flavor while preserving the material for those who are particularly interested in the mathematical foundations of the statistical concepts presented.
- The discussion of the F distribution and comparison of two means has been simplified by making use of the folded F test for comparing variances.
- Other new material includes a discussion of Tukey’s method of paired comparisons and a section on the use of tolerance limits in quality control.
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