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Neil A. Weiss Introductory Statistics, Fifth Edition

New and Enhanced Features

• New Case Studies
  Throughout the text, Weiss includes new and revised Case Study Chapter Openers. These case studies are introduced at the beginning of the chapter and discussed at the end showing students the links between the subject matter and how the material can be used in real life.

• Integration of Technology
  The integration of technology has now been expanded in this edition. Not only has the author integrated the latest version of Minitab® Rel. 12, but has now provided support for using the TI-83 graphing calculator and Excel spreadsheets.

• Exercises
  Many new and revised exercises allow students to pursue questions that are conceptual in nature. More advanced problems require students to synthesize and interpret information. Many of the technology exercises use new and current data.

• Projects
  These new end-of-chapter projects lead students to use the Internet for data research and access to statistical simulations.

• Content Changes
  • Earlier chapters are streamlined so that the text is more easily adaptable for different length courses.
  • New chapter 11 on Inferences for Population Standard Deviations
  • Chapters on Regression, Correlation, and ANOVA are more introductory in nature. Modular chapters provide a more in-depth exploration of these topics, as well as Experimental Design.

• Step-by-Step Approach
  Weiss takes a step-by-step approach to statistics covering topics, procedures, and techniques thoroughly and precisely. No assumptions are made as to students abilities, which ensures that they cover all needed material.

• Data
  In most examples and exercises, the author has presented raw data in addition to summary statistics. This gives a more realistic view of statistics and provides an opportunity for the problems to be solved by computer if desired. Data sets are available on disk in the back of the text.