ABSTRACT

This volume introduces the theoretical ideas in probability and statistics by means of examples. The strengths of the BASIC computer language are exploited to illustrate probabilistic and statistical ideas. Topics described by the Committee on the Under-graduate Program in Mathematics are included.

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|41 pages

Elementary Probability

chapter 3|57 pages

Properties of Discrete Random Variables

chapter 4|49 pages

Continuous Outcome Spaces

chapter 5|55 pages

Sampling

chapter 6|38 pages

Estimation of Parameters

chapter 7|51 pages

Hypothesis Testing

chapter 8|35 pages

Two-Sample Tests

chapter 9|22 pages

Analysis of Classification Data

chapter 10|39 pages

Simple Linear Regression and Association

chapter 11|22 pages

The Analysis of Variance