Ott & Longnecker&s AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS & DATA ANALYSIS Seventh Edition provides a broad overview of statistical methods for advanced undergraduate & graduate students from a variety of disciplines who have little or no prior course work in statistics The authors teach students to solve problems encountered in research projects to make decisions based on data in general settings both within & beyond the university setting & to become critical readers of statistical analyses in research papers & news reports The first eleven chapters present material typically covered in an introductory statistics course as well as case studies & examples that are often encountered in undergraduate capstone courses The remaining chapters cover regression modeling & design of experiments