Elementary Statistics

Allan G. Bluman is Professor of Mathematics at Community College of Allegheny County, near Pittsburgh. For the McKeesport and New Kensington Campuses of Pennsylvania State University, he has taught teacher-certification and graduate education statistics courses. Prior to his college teaching, he taught mathematics at a junior high school. Professor Bluman received his B.S. from California State College in California, Penn.; his M.Ed. from the University of Pittsburgh; and, in 1971, his Ed.D., also from the University of Pittsburgh. His major field of study was mathematics education. In addition to Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach, Third Edition, and Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version, the author has published several professional articles and the Modern Math Fun Book (Cuisenaire Publishing Company). He has spoken and presided at national and local mathematics conferences and has served as newsletter editor for the Pennsylvania State Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges. He is a member of the American Statistical Association, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the Mathematics Council of Western Pennsylvania. Al Bluman is married and has two children. His hobbies include writing, bicycling, and swimming.

1 The Nature of Probability and Statistics 2 Frequency Distributions and Graphs 3 Data Description 4 Counting Techniques 5 Probability 6 Discrete Probability Distributions 7 The Normal Distribution 8 Confidence Intervals and Sample Size 9 Hypothesis Testing 10 Testing the Difference between Two Means, Two Variances, and Two Proportions 11 Correlation and Regression 12 Chi-Square and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Appendix A: Algebra Review Appendix B: Writing the Research Report Appendix C: Tables Appendix D: Data Bank Appendix E: Glossary Appendix F: Bibliography Appendix G: Photo Credits Appendix H: Selected Answers