Table Of Content1. 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 Appendix A: Tables Appendix B: Data Sets Appendix C: Websites and Bibliography of Books Appendix 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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