Elementary Statistics, 14th edition

Published by Pearson (14 January 2025) © 2026

  • Mario F. Triola Dutchess Community College
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Elementary Statistics, 14th Edition is the introductory statistics textbook built around real data from real studies. Acclaimed author Mario Triola emphasizes applications of statistical skills and concepts to help students of all majors understand the role of statistics in our lives.

This textbook covers probability, confidence intervals, describing and exploring data, and discrete and continuous probability distributions, among other topics. In addition, the authors explain hypothesis testing, two-sample inference, analysis of variance, and correlation and regression chi-square tests. And you’ll learn how to think critically about data, interpret statistical results in context, and run analyses in StatCrunch, Excel, or a TI calculator.

The 14th Edition offers a wealth of new data sets, exercises, and examples, along with content updates to keep the textbook current and relevant.

Table of contents

  • 1. Introduction to Statistics
  • 1.1 Statistical and Critical Thinking
  • 1.2 Types of Data
  • 1.3 Collecting Sample Data
  • 1.4 Ethics in Statistics (download only)
  • 2. Exploring Data with Tables and Graphs
  • 2.1 Frequency Distributions for Organizing and Summarizing Data
  • 2.2 Histograms
  • 2.3 Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive
  • 2.4 Scatterplots, Correlation, and Regression
  • 3. Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data
  • 3.1 Measures of Center
  • 3.2 Measures of Variation
  • 3.3 Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots
  • 4. Probability
  • 4.1 Basic Concepts of Probability
  • 4.2 Addition Rule and Multiplication Rule
  • 4.3 Complements, Conditional Probability, and Bayes' Theorem
  • 4.4 Counting
  • 4.5 Simulations for Hypothesis Tests
  • 5. Discrete Probability Distributions
  • 5.1 Probability Distributions
  • 5.2 Binomial Probability Distributions
  • 5.3 Poisson Probability Distributions
  • 6. Normal Probability Distributions
  • 6.1 The Standard Normal Distribution
  • 6.2 Real Applications of Normal Distributions
  • 6.3 Sampling Distributions and Estimators
  • 6.4 The Central Limit Theorem
  • 6.5 Assessing Normality
  • 6.6 Normal as Approximation to Binomial (download only)
  • 7. Estimating Parameters and Determining Sample Sizes
  • 7.1 Estimating a Population Proportion
  • 7.2 Estimating a Population Mean
  • 7.3 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance
  • 7.4 Bootstrapping: Using Technology for Estimates
  • 8. Hypothesis Testing
  • 8.1 Basics of Hypothesis Testing
  • 8.2 Testing a Claim About a Proportion
  • 8.3 Testing a Claim About a Mean
  • 8.4 Testing a Claim About a Standard Deviation or Variance
  • 8.5 Resampling: Using Technology for Hypothesis Testing
  • 9. Inferences from Two Samples
  • 9.1 Two Proportions
  • 9.2 Two Means: Independent Samples
  • 9.3 Matched Pairs
  • 9.4 Two Variances or Standard Deviations
  • 9.5 Resampling: Using Technology for Inferences
  • 10. Correlation and Regression
  • 10.1 Correlation
  • 10.2 Regression
  • 10.3 Prediction Intervals and Variation 10.4 Multiple Regression
  • 10.5 Nonlinear Regression
  • 11. Goodness-of-Fit and Contingency Tables
  • 11.1 Goodness-of-Fit
  • 11.2 Contingency Tables
  • 12. Analysis of Variance
  • 12.1 One-Way ANOVA
  • 12.2 Two-Way ANOVA
  • 13. Nonparametric Tests
  • 13.1 Basics of Nonparametric Tests
  • 13.2 Sign Test
  • 13.3 Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test for Matched Pairs
  • 13.4 Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for Two Independent Samples
  • 13.5 Kruskal-Wallis Test for Three or More Samples
  • 13.6 Rank Correlation
  • 13.7 Runs Test for Randomness
  • 14. Statistics Process Control
  • 14.1 Control Charts for Variation and Mean
  • 14.2 Control Charts for Attributes
  • 15. Holistic Statistics
  • APPENDICES
  • A. Tables
  • B. Data Sets
  • C. Websites and Bibliography of Books
  • D. Answers to Odd-Numbered Section Exercises (and all Quick Quizzes, Review Exercises, and Cumulative Review Exercises)
  • Credits
  • Index
  • Index of Applications

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