Includes appendices and index.

Contents: What is statistics? -- Graphical descriptive techniques -- Numerical descriptive techniques -- Data collection and sampling -- Probability --Random variables and discrete probability distributions -- Continuous probability distributions -- Sampling and sampling distribution -- Introduction to estimation -- Introduction to hypothesis testing -- Inference about a population -- Inference about comparing two populations -- Analysis of variance -- Chi-square tests -- Simple linear regression and correlation -- Multiple regression -- Model building -- Nonparametric statistics -- Time-series analysis and forecasting -- Statistical process control --Decision analysis -- Conclusion -- Appendix A Data file sample statistics -- Appendix B Tables -- Appendix C Answers to selected even-numbered exercises