Enables students to employ realistic data and focus on interpreting statistical results not on computations or proofs.

• Appendices on using Microsoft Excel and Minitab.

  • Supplies students with supplementary material within the text that explains how the software is used in the book (employing in-chapter examples) and in the workplace.

• Coverage of statistical topics--e.g., descriptive statistics; experimental design; regression; probability modeling; and statistical inference.

  • Teaches students not only how to use statistical tools, but why and how statistical methods are useful in a wide variety of industrial settings--consistent with recommendations of a task force of engineering statistics educators.

• Section- and chapter-end problems--Most with multiple parts.

  • Gives students the opportunity to select and solve from among the many problems applied to realistic situations--using real data whenever possible--in various fields of engineering and the sciences.

• Detailed case studies.

  • Shows students the connection between learning and doing and allows them to integrate concepts across chapters.

• "A Using Statistics" example in each chapter from engineering or the sciences.

  • Illustrates the application of at least one of the statistical methods covered in the chapter.

• Numerous exhibit boxes.

  • Highlights important concepts without interrupting the flow of the text.

• Many comment boxes.

  • Allows students to focus on the assumptions of statistical methods.

• Statistical tables.

  • Serves students with explanations and illustrations.

• Conversational writing style--Does not require a high level of mathematical sophistication.

  • Presents students with a great deal of information related to basic principles and important concepts in a way that does not "talk down to" or intimidate them.

• Chapter-opening quotes from a philosopher, historical figure, well known statistician, or from literature.

  • Gives students a historical context to frame each chapter.

Please Note:

The CD-ROM originally included is no longer available. However, the data files can be downloaded atwww.pearsonhighered.com/levine