A balanced presentation of both theoretical and applied material with numerous problem sets to illustrate important concepts. Demonstrates the use of computers and calculators to facilitate problem solving, as well as numerous applications to illustrate basic theory.

Contents: 1. Probability. 2. Some Particular Probability Distributions.3. Nature of Statistical Methods. 4. Sampling Theory.5. Probability Distributions for Correlation and Regression.6. Empirical Methods for Correlation and Regression. 7. Sampling Theory.8. Probability Distributions for Correlation and Regression.9. Empirical Methods for Correlation and Regression. 10. General Principles for Statistical Inference.11. Testing Goodness of Fit.12. Small Sample Distributions.13. Statistical Design in Experiments.14. Nonparametric Methods.15. Other Methods. Appendix. Index.