Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences (4th Edition) |  | Authors: William Mendenhall, Terry L. Sincich
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Sales Rank: 1044134
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
Pages: 1008
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Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8.6 x 2.1
ISBN: 0023805811
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.5
EAN: 9780023805813
ASIN: 0023805811
Publication Date: January 13, 1995
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Product Description
This book illustrates basic statistical concepts with extensive applications in engineering and scientific contexts. The book includes optional theoretical exercises, allowing readers who choose to emphasize theory to do so with requiring additional materials. The fourth edition contains SAS and MINITAB computer printout results for all analyses performed—plus new exercises based on magazine and journal articles and news reports. KEY TOPICS: A section on "Detecting Normal Distributions" (Chapter 5) gives readers insights on when it is reasonable to assume that underlying data is normally distributed. There is a comprehensive example on model building (Chapter 13) and emphasis on the regression approach to a Nova (also presents the traditional approach). There are two sections discussing principles of experimental design, i.e., noise-reducing and volume-increasing design, a section on "Total Quality Management" and coverage of statistical computing. There are optional, calculus-based theoretical exercises, and real data sets, extracted from scientific studies, are provided in an appendix. Numerical answers to all applied exercises are included in an appendix—giving readers immediate feedback on their work.
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 :) September 23, 2009
R. Green (Tennessee, USA)
Book is in perfect condition. The price was the lowest I found. Shipped in a quick manner. Very pleased.
 Simple Statistics August 24, 2009
Maria Maliagros
If you are looking for a statistics book that explains things in a simple and elementary way, this book is for you! In addition the problems are straightforward. However, it requires that you know calculus I for some of the problems. There aren't many of these. It also has computer applications that you can practice. The only drawback is that the probability chapter is skimpy. You may want to supplement your knowledge of probability with another book, since statistics requires that you know probability first.
Excellent book November 20, 2005
David Moran
Good book to learn from if you have the required background. As both a mathematician and a meteorologist, I plan on using this book a lot!
Good for intuition May 14, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think this book is very good for grasping the concepts and intuition behind the mathematical formalisms. Perhaps it should be used with another more theoretical book (Meyer, for instance). It is useful not only for engineering students.
 Good book without the unnecessary confusion added June 1, 1997
7 out of 15 found this review helpful
The author adds unnecessary confusion by ignoring variable naming conventions. In some places he uses "y" as the independent variable name, while in other places, he uses "x". I have never seen f(y) on the vertical axes but yet the author uses P(y) on the vertical axes. It seems the only equation he got correct, according to convention, was the historical y=mx+b. This book should be dreastically updated to conform to standard variable naming conventions. After eliminating the variable naming confusion, I think this book will be an excellent book to read and learn
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