ISE Principles of Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

William Navidi received a B.A. in mathematics from New College, an M.A in mathematics from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Navidi is a professor of applied mathematics and statistics at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. He began his teaching career at the County College of Morris in Dover, New Jersey. He has taught mathematics and statistics at all levels, from developmental through the graduate level. Dr. Navidi has written two engineering statistics textbooks for McGraw-Hill and has authored more than 50 research papers, both in statistical theory and in a wide variety of applications, including computer networks, epidemiology, molecular biology, chemical engineering, and geophysics.

• 1 Summarizing Univariate Data2 Summarizing Bivariate Data3 Probability4 Commonly Used Distributions5 Point and Interval Estimation for a Single Sample6 Hypothesis Tests for a Single Sample7 Inferences for Two Samples8 Inference in Linear Models9 Factorial Experiments10 Statistical Quality Control