Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences

William Mendenhall was a professor emeritus in the Statistics Department and the first chairman of the department at the University of Florida. Dr. Mendenhall published articles in top statistics journals and was a prolific author of statistics textbooks.Terry L. Sincich is an associate professor in the Information Systems Decision Sciences Department at the University of South Florida, where he teaches introductory statistics at the undergraduate level and advanced statistics courses at the doctoral level. He has won numerous teaching awards, including the Kahn Teaching Award and Outstanding Teacher Award. Dr. Sincich is a member of the American Statistical Association and the Decision Sciences Institute. His research interests include applied statistical analysis and statistical modeling.

• Introduction. Descriptive Statistics. Probability. Discrete Random Variables. Continuous Random Variables. Bivariate Probability Distributions and Sampling Distributions. Estimation Using Confidence Intervals. Tests of Hypotheses. Categorical Data Analysis. Simple Linear Regression. Multiple Regression Analysis. Model Building. Principles of Experimental Design. The Analysis of Variance for Designed Experiments. Nonparametric Statistics. Statistical Process and Quality Control. Product and System Reliability.

"A salient feature of this book is the clarity with which many statistical concepts have been presented. A very nice blend of theory and applications. It contains a wealth of illustrative examples and problem sets. All the important concepts have been highlighted; real-life data has been extensively used throughout the book. Students will find it very appealing and useful on their way to learning the basic statistical concepts and tools."—Dharam V. Chopra, Wichita State University"I like the problems because they are all based on engineering applications of probability and statistics. I especially like the problems at the end of chapters because students have to think more to solve them. I favor problems that require calculations because engineers are problem solvers." —Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida"I think this text is one of the best I have seen when it comes down to real data sets. The authors successfully included small and large real data sets from various real-world problems in engineering, mathematical sciences, and natural sciences."—Edward J. Danial, Morgan State University