Author: Jay L. Devore
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Keywords: suite, online, student, sciences, statistics, engineering, probability
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 2007-01-26
List price: $176.95
ISBN-10: 0495382175
ISBN-13: 9780495382171

This comprehensive introduction to probability and statistics will give you the solid grounding you need no matter what your engineering specialty. Through the use of lively and realistic examples, the author helps you go beyond simply learning about statistics to actually putting the statistical methods to use. Rather than focus on rigorous mathematical development and potentially overwhelming derivations, the book emphasizes concepts, models, methodology, and applications that facilitate your understanding.

Author: Craig W. Kirkwood
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Keywords: decision, spreadsheets, analysis, making, strategic, multiobjective
Number of Pages: 345
Published: 1996-07-15
List price: $119.95
ISBN-10: 0534516920
ISBN-13: 9780534516925

Intended for courses in multiobjective decision analysis or as a supplement to a first course in decision analysis, this text emphasizes practical applications and problem solving. Students learn how to use spreadsheets and other analytical tools in considering such important tradeoffs as cost versus quality and market share versus short-term return on investment.

Authors:R. Lyman Ott, Micheal T. Longnecker,
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Keywords: analysis, data, methods, statistical, introduction
Number of Pages: 1273
Published: 2008-12-30
List price: $204.95
ISBN-10: 0495017582
ISBN-13: 9780495017585

Ott and Longnecker’s AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS AND DATA ANALYSIS, Sixth Edition, provides a broad overview of statistical methods for readers who have little or no prior experience in statistics. The authors teach readers to solve problems encountered in research projects, to make decisions based on data in general settings, and to become critical readers of statistical analyses in research papers and in news reports. The first eleven chapters present material typically covered in a college-level introductory statistics course, as well as interesting case studies and example

Author: Wayne L. Winston
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Keywords: volume, rom, infotracâ®, research, operations, probability, models, introduction
Number of Pages: 752
Published: 2003-06-05
List price: $190.95
ISBN-10: 053440572X
ISBN-13: 9780534405724

This text, the second volume of Wayne Winston’s successful OPERATIONS RESEARCH: APPLICATIONS AND ALGORITHMS, Fourth Edition, covers probability models with recent contributions from financial engineering, computational simulation and manufacturing. The specific attention to probability models with the addition of recent practical breakthroughs makes this the first text to introduce these ideas together at an accessible level. Excellent problem sets abound. The text provides a balanced approach by developing the underlying theory while illustrating them with interesting examples. All of t

Author: Inc. Minitab
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Keywords: windows, version, student, minitab
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2004-07-14
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0534419755
ISBN-13: 9780534419752

MINITAB® STUDENT VERSION 14 FOR WINDOWS® is a streamlined version of Professional MINITAB, designed specifically for introductory general, business, and engineering statistics courses and priced to fit students’ budgets. This new version of MINITAB is available only when bundled with a Duxbury textbook. A mini-manual that explains the fundamentals of using MINITAB accompanies the software.

Author: Sharon L. Lohr
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Keywords: series, advanced, analysis, design, sampling
Number of Pages: 596
Published: 2009-12-09
List price: $203.95
ISBN-10: 0495105279
ISBN-13: 9780495105275

Sharon L. Lohr’s SAMPLING: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, 2ND EDITION, provides a modern introduction to the field of survey sampling intended for a wide audience of statistics students. Practical and authoritative, the book is listed as a standard reference for training on real-world survey problems by a number of prominent surveying organizations. Lohr concentrates on the statistical aspects of taking and analyzing a sample, incorporating a multitude of applications from a variety of disciplines. The text gives guidance on how to tell when a sample is valid or not, and how to design and analyze

Author: Sharon L. Lohr
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Keywords: analysis, design, sampling
Number of Pages: 1
Published: 1999-12-15
List price: $203.95
ISBN-10: 0534353614
ISBN-13: 9780534353612

Sharon L. Lohr’s SAMPLING: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS provides a modern introduction to the field of sampling. With a multitude of applications from a variety of disciplines, the book concentrates on the statistical aspects of taking and analyzing a sample. Overall, the book gives guidance on how to tell when a sample is valid or not, and how to design and analyze many different forms of sample surveys.