(BQ) Part 1 book "Elementary statistics - A step by step approach" has contents: The nature of probability and statistics, frequency distributions and graphs; data description, probability and counting rules; discrete probability distributions; the normal distribution; confidence intervals and sample size. | 9/11/08 10:12 AM Page i S E V E N T H E D I T I O N Elementary Statistics A Step by Step Approach Allan G. Bluman Professor Emeritus Community College of Allegheny County 9/11/08 10:12 AM Page ii ELEMENTARY STATISTICS: A STEP BY STEP APPROACH, SEVENTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, and 1995. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 VNH/VNH 0 9 8 ISBN 978–0–07–353497–8 MHID 0–07–353497–8 ISBN 978–0–07–333121–8 (Annotated Instructor’s Edition) MHID 0–07–333121–X Editorial Director: Stewart K. Mattson Sponsoring Editor: Dawn R. Bercier Director of Development: Kristine Tibbetts Developmental Editor: Michelle Driscoll Marketing Manager: John Osgood Project Manager: April R. Southwood Lead Production Supervisor: Sandy Ludovissy Senior Media Project Manager: Sandra M. Schnee Designer: Tara McDermott Cover Designer: Rick D. Noel (USE) Cover Image: © Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis Senior Photo Research Coordinator: Lori Hancock Supplement Producer: Mary Jane Lampe Compositor: ICC Macmillan Inc. Typeface: Times Roman Printer: Von Hoffmann Press The credits section for this book begins on page 815 and is considered an extension of the copyright page. Library of Congress .