In this revised text, master expositor Sheldon Ross has produced a unique work in introductory statistics. The text's main merits are the clarity of presentation, contemporary examples and applications from diverse areas, and an explanation of intuition and ideas behind the statistical methods. To quote from the preface, "It is only when a student develops a feel or intuition for statistics that she or he is really on the path toward making sense of data." Ross achieves this goal through a coherent mix of mathematical analysis, intuitive discussions and examples. Table of Contents   Preface Introduction to Statistics Describing Data Sets Using Statistics to Summarize Data Sets Probability Discrete Random Variables Normal Random Variables Distributions of Sampling Statistics Estimation Testing Statistical Hypotheses Hypothesis Tests Concerning Two Populations Analysis of Variance Linear Regression Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Tests Nonparametric Hypotheses Tests Quality Control Appendices