TY - BOOK AU - Kinney,John J. TI - Probability: an introduction with statistical applications SN - 9781118947081 (cloth) U1 - 519.2 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley KW - Probabilities KW - Mathematical statistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Sample Spaces and Probability -- 2. Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions -- 3. Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions -- 4. Functions of Random Variables, Generating Functions, and Statistical Applications -- 5. Bivariate Probability Distributions -- 6. Recursions and Markov Chains-- 7. Some Challenging Problems-- Bibliography-- Appendixes-- Index N2 - Probability: An Introduction with Statistical Applications, Second Edition features a comprehensive exploration of statistical data analysis as an application of probability. The new edition provides an introduction to statistics with accessible coverage of reliability, acceptance sampling, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and simple linear regression. Encouraging readers to develop a deeper intuitive understanding of probability, the author presents illustrative geometrical presentations and arguments without the need for rigorous mathematical proofs ER -