Simple and Concise Tutorial on General Statistics

Author: Xie Zhongjie
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is an introductory textbook designed for college and high school students, covering fundamental knowledge of statistics. The book is divided into seven chapters, including: Preface, Introduction, Descriptive Statistics, Basic Probability Theory, Distribution and Numerical Representation of Random Variables, Hypothesis Testing, Correlation Analysis and Regression Analysis, etc. Each chapter is accompanied by a sufficient number of exercises for teachers and students to use. The author has long been engaged in teaching and research in mathematical statistics, with extensive teaching experience and significant research achievements. The book begins with a preface that focuses on socially relevant hot topics and typical issues, using vivid and engaging examples as a guide to explain the basic concepts, ideas, and methods of statistics. It teaches readers how to collect and analyze random data, how to apply statistical methods and techniques, and how to draw objective, fair, and scientific conclusions based on the results of statistical analysis. The book emphasizes the introduction of statistical concepts and methods, highlighting the analysis and application of statistics. Therefore, it primarily uses typical examples and real data (from over 20 scientific fields) as the subjects of statistical method discussions, making it highly valuable for statisticians and researchers. This book can serve as an introductory textbook for statistics courses in comprehensive universities, normal universities, medical schools, science and engineering universities, and non-probability statistics majors in finance and economics. It is also suitable for science and technology workers and management personnel engaged in mathematical statistics. The book includes TI calculator instructions, making it a useful reference for middle school teachers teaching statistics, as well as for middle school students as supplementary reading material.