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- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Author
- Contents
- Preface
- Supplements
- Technology Resources
- Data Sources
- Part I Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Nature of Statistics
- Case Study: Top Films of All Time
- 1.1 Statistics Basics
- 1.2 Simple Random Sampling
- 1.3 Other Sampling Designs*
- 1.4 Experimental Designs*
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Part II Descriptive Statistics
- Chapter 2 Organizing Data
- Case Study: World’s Richest People
- 2.1 Variables and Data
- 2.2 Organizing Qualitative Data
- 2.3 Organizing Quantitative Data
- 2.4 Distribution Shapes
- 2.5 Misleading Graphs*
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 3 Descriptive Measures
- Case Study: The Beatles’ Song Length
- 3.1 Measures of Center
- 3.2 Measures of Variation
- 3.3 Chebyshev’s Rule and the Empirical Rule*
- 3.4 The Five-Number Summary; Boxplots
- 3.5 Descriptive Measures for Populations; Use of Samples
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Part III Probability, Random Variables, and Sampling Distributions
- Chapter 4 Probability Concepts
- Case Study: Texas Hold’em
- 4.1 Probability Basics
- 4.2 Events
- 4.3 Some Rules of Probability
- 4.4 Contingency Tables; Joint and Marginal Probabilities∗
- 4.5 Conditional Probability*
- 4.6 The Multiplication Rule; Independence∗
- 4.7 Bayes’s Rule*
- 4.8 Counting Rules*
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 5 Discrete Random Variables*
- Case Study: Aces Wild on the Sixth at Oak Hill
- 5.1 Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions*
- 5.2 The Mean and Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random Variable*
- 5.3 The Binomial Distribution*
- 5.4 The Poisson Distribution*
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 6 The Normal Distribution
- Case Study: Chest Sizes of Scottish Militiamen
- 6.1 Introducing Normally Distributed Variables
- 6.2 Areas under the Standard Normal Curve
- 6.3 Working with Normally Distributed Variables
- 6.4 Assessing Normality; Normal Probability Plots
- 6.5 Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution*†
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 7 The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean
- Case Study: The Chesapeake and Ohio Freight Study
- 7.1 Sampling Error; the Need for Sampling Distributions
- 7.2 The Mean and Standard Deviation of the Sample Mean
- 7.3 The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Part IV Inferential Statistics
- Chapter 8 Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean
- Case Study: Bank Robberies: A Statistical Analysis
- 8.1 Estimating a Population Mean
- 8.2 Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean When σ Is Known
- 8.3 Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean When σ Is Unknown
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 9 Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean
- Case Study: Gender and Sense of Direction
- 9.1 The Nature of Hypothesis Testing
- 9.2 Critical-Value Approach to Hypothesis Testing†
- 9.3 P-Value Approach to Hypothesis Testing†
- 9.4 Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean When σ Is Known
- 9.5 Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean When σ Is Unknown
- 9.6 The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test*
- 9.7 Type II Error Probabilities; Power∗
- 9.8 Which Procedure Should Be Used?**
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 10 Inferences for Two Population Means
- Case Study: Dexamethasone Therapy and IQ
- 10.1 The Sampling Distribution of the Difference between Two Sample Means for Independent Samples
- 10.2 Inferences for Two Population Means, Using Independent Samples: Standard Deviations Assumed Equ
- 10.3 Inferences for Two Population Means, Using Independent Samples: Standard Deviations Not Assumed
- 10.4 The Mann-Whitney Test*
- 10.5 Inferences for Two Population Means, Using Paired Samples
- 10.6 The Paired Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test*
- 10.7 Which Procedure Should Be Used?**
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 11 Inferences for Population Standard Deviations*
- Case Study: Speaker Woofer Driver Manufacturing
- 11.1 Inferences for One Population Standard Deviation*
- 11.2 Inferences for Two Population Standard Deviations, Using Independent Samples*
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 12 Inferences for Population Proportions
- Case Study: Arrested Youths
- 12.1 Confidence Intervals for One Population Proportion
- 12.2 Hypothesis Tests for One Population Proportion
- 12.3 Inferences for Two Population Proportions
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 13 Chi-Square Procedures
- Case Study: Eye and Hair Color
- 13.1 The Chi-Square Distribution
- 13.2 Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test
- 13.3 Contingency Tables; Association
- 13.4 Chi-Square Independence Test
- 13.5 Chi-Square Homogeneity Test
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Part V Regression, Correlation, and ANOVA
- Chapter 14 Descriptive Methods in Regression and Correlation
- Case Study: Healthcare: Spending and Outcomes
- 14.1 Linear Equations with One Independent Variable
- 14.2 The Regression Equation
- 14.3 The Coefficient of Determination
- 14.4 Linear Correlation
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 15 Inferential Methods in Regression and Correlation
- Case Study: Shoe Size and Height
- 15.1 The Regression Model
- 15.2 Inferences for the Slope of the Population Regression Line
- 15.3 Estimation and Prediction
- 15.4 Inferences in Correlation
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Chapter 16 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Case Study: Self-Perception and Physical Activity
- 16.1 The F-Distribution
- 16.2 One-Way ANOVA: The Logic
- 16.3 One-Way ANOVA: The Procedure
- 16.4 Multiple Comparisons*†
- 16.5 The Kruskal-Wallis Test*
- Chapter in Review
- Review Problems
- Focusing on Data Analysis
- Case Study Discussion
- Biography
- Appendixes
- Appendix A Statistical Tables
- Appendix B Answers to Selected Exercises
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
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- Z
- Photo Credits