Douglas A. Lind,
Coastal Carolina University William G. Marchal,
University of Toledo Samuel A. Wathen,
Coastal Carolina University
ISBN: 0073521477 Copyright year: 2013
What's New
Revision of Learning Objectives: The learning objectives have been revised to be more specific while the authors have added new ones, identified them in the margin, and keyed them directly to sections within the chapter.
New Examples: The new examples include more variables and more observations. It presents a realistic business situation. It is also used later in the text.
New Sections: New sections have been added in various chapters:
Chapter 9 has been reorganized to make it more teachable and improve the flow of the topics.
Chapter 13 has been reorganized and includes a test of hypothesis for the slope of the regression coefficient.
Chapter 15 now includes a graphic test for normality and the chisquare test for normality.
Excel 2010: New exercises and examples use Excel 2010 screenshots and the latest version of Minitab.
There are new Excel 2010 software commands and updated Minitab commands at the ends of chapters.
New Data and Exercises
Exercises have been reviewed within and at the ends of the chapters. We have added many new or revised exercises throughout. You can still find and assign your favorites that have worked well, or you can introduce fresh examples.
The exercises that contain data files are identified by an icon for easy identification.
The Data Exercises at the end of each chapter have been revised.
The baseball data has been updated to the most current completed season, 2010. A new business application has been added that refers to the use and maintenance of the school bus fleet of the Buena School District
2013