Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
1.1 An Overview of Statistics
1.2 Data Classification
Case Study: Rating Television Shows in the United States
1.3 Experimental Design
Technology: Using Technology in Statistics
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
2.1 Frequency Distributions and Their Graphs
2.2 More Graphs and Displays
2.3 Measures of Central Tendency
2.4 Measures of Variation
Case Study: Sunglass Sales in the United States
2.5 Measures of Position
Technology: Monthly Milk Production
Using Technology to Determine Descriptive Statistics
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 3 Probability
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
3.1 Basic Concepts of Probability
3.2 Conditional Probability and the Multiplication Rule
3.3 The Addition Rule
Case Study: Probability and Parking Lot Strategies
3.4 Counting Principles
Technology: Simulation: Composing Mozart Variations with Dice
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Cumulative Test: Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4 Discrete Probability Distributions
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
4.1 Probability Distributions
4.2 Binomial Distributions
Case Study: Binomial Distribution of Airplane Accidents
4.3 More Discrete Probability Distributions
Technology: Using Poisson Distributions as Queuing Models
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Derisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 5 Normal Probability Distributions
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
5.1 Introduction to Normal Distributions
5.2 The Standard Normal Distribution
5.3 Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities
5.4 Normal Distributions: Finding Values
Case Study: Birth Weights in America
5.5 The Central Limit Theorem
Technology: Age Distribution in the United States
5.6 Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 6 Confidence Intervals
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
6.1 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Large Samples)
Case Study: Shell Lengths of Loggerhead Sea Turtles
6.2 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Small Samples)
History of Statistics--Timeline
6.3 Confidence Intervals for Population Proportions
Technology: Most Admired Polls
6.4 Confidence Intervals for Variance and Standard Deviation
Using Technology to Construct Confidence Intervals
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Cumulative Test: Chapters 4-6
Chapter 7 Hypothesis Testing with One Sample
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
7.1 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
7.2 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (Large Samples)
Case Study: Human Body Temperature: What~ Normal?
7.3 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (Small Samples)
7.4 Hypothesis Testing for Proportions
Technology: The Case of the Vanishing Women
7.5 Hypothesis Testing for the Variance and Standard Deviation
A Summary of Hypothesis Testing
Using Technology to Perform Hypothesis Tests
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 8 Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
8.1 Testing the Difference Between Means
(Large Independent Samples)
Case Study: Oatbran and Cholesterol Level
8.2 Testing the Difference Between Means
(Small Independent Samples)
8.3 Testing the Difference Between Means
(Dependent Samples)
8.4 Testing the Difference Between Proportions
Technology: Tails Over Heads
Using Technology to Perform Two-Sample Hypothesis Tests
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 9 Correlation and Regression
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
9.1 Correlation
9.2 Linear Regression
Case Study: Correlation of Body Measurements
9.3 Measures of Regression and Prediction Intervals
9.4 Multiple Regression
Technology: Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Cumulative Test: Chapters 7-9
Chapter 10 Chi-Square Tests and the F-Distribution
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
10.1 Goodness of Fit
10.2 Independence
Case Study: Traffic Safety Facts
10.3 Comparing Two Variances
10.4 Analysis of Variance
Technology: Crash Tests
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 11 NonparametricTests
Where You've Been
Where You're Going
11.1 The Sign Test
11.2 The Wilcoxon Tests
Case Study: Health and Nutrition
1 1.3 The Kruskal-Wallis Test
11.4 Rank Correlation
Technology: Selling Prices of l-lomes
Chapter Summary
Uses and Abuses
Review Exercises
Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together
Chapter Quiz
Cumulative Test: Chapters 10-11
Appendices
Appendix A Alternate Presentation of the Standard Normal Distribution
Standard Normal Distribution Table (O-to-z)
Alternate Presentation of the Standard Normal Distribution
Appendix B Tables
Table 1 Random Numbers
Table 2 Binomial Distribution
Table 3 Poisson Distribution
Table 4 Standard NormalDistribution
Table 5 t-Distribution
Table 6 Chi-Square Distribution
Table 7 F-Distribution
Table 8 Critical Values for the Sign Test
Table 9 Critical Values for the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test
Table 10 Critical Values for the Spearman Rank Correlation
Table 11 Critical Values for the Pearson Correlation Coefficient
Answers to the Try It Yourself Problems
Answers to the Odd-Numbered Exercises
Credits
Index
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