Activity-Based Statistics: Student Guide

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Getting to Know the Class....Pages 3-4
Measurement Bias....Pages 5-8
The Shape of the Data....Pages 9-11
Matching Graphs to Variables....Pages 12-16
Matching Statistics to Graphs....Pages 17-20
Let Us Count....Pages 21-23
Getting Rid of the Jitters: Finding the Trend....Pages 24-32
Flick the Nick: Observing Processes Over Time....Pages 33-36
Ratings and Ranks....Pages 37-42
Predictable Pairs: Association in Two-Way Tables....Pages 43-49
Matching Descriptions to Scatter Plots....Pages 50-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
What’s the Chance? Dependent and Independent Trials....Pages 59-61
What Is Random Behavior?....Pages 62-64
Streaky Behavior: Runs in Binomial Trials....Pages 65-67
The Law of Averages....Pages 68-73
Counting Successes: A General Simulation Model....Pages 74-78
Waiting for Reggie Jackson: The Geometric Distribution....Pages 79-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Spinning Pennies....Pages 85-88
Cents and the Central Limit Theorem....Pages 89-91
The Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem....Pages 92-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Random Rectangles....Pages 99-104
Stringing Students Along: Selection Bias....Pages 105-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Sampling Error and Estimation....Pages 109-111
Estimating Proportions: How Accurate Are the Polls?....Pages 112-115
What Is a Confidence Interval Anyway?....Pages 116-119
Confidence Intervals for the Percentage of Even Digits....Pages 120-122
The Rating Game....Pages 123-125
Capture/Recapture....Pages 126-130
Randomized Response Sampling: How to Ask Sensitive Questions....Pages 131-133
Estimating the Difference Between Two Proportions....Pages 134-138
The Bootstrap....Pages 139-143
Estimating the Total of a Restaurant Bill: Bias in Estimation....Pages 144-147
How Many Tanks?....Pages 148-150
Estimating a Total....Pages 151-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Statistical Evidence of Discrimination: The Randomization Test....Pages 159-162
Is Your Class Differently Aged? The Chi-Square Test....Pages 163-168
Coins on Edge....Pages 169-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Jumping Frogs....Pages 175-181
How to Ask Questions: Designing a Survey....Pages 182-184
Gummy Bears in Space: Factorial Designs and Interaction....Pages 185-189
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Funnel Swirling....Pages 190-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Models, Models, Models…....Pages 195-201
The Regression Effect....Pages 202-205
Is Your Shirt Size Related to Your Shoe Size?....Pages 206-211
Relating to Correlation....Pages 212-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-218
Theme: Exploring Data and Improving Quality....Pages 219-222
Application: Improved Payment Processing in a Utilities Firm....Pages 223-226
Theme: Sample Survey....Pages 227-228
Application 1: A Typical Election Poll....Pages 229-231
Application 2: The Nielsens....Pages 232-235
Theme: Experiment....Pages 236-237
Application: Does Aspirin Help Prevent Heart Attacks? The Physician’s Health Study....Pages 238-243
Theme: Modeling....Pages 244-245
Application: Body Composition....Pages 246-252