Fundamentals of Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface to the Instructor
Acknowledgments
Resources for Success
Applications Index
Part 1 Getting the Information You Need
	1 Data Collection
		1.1 Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
		1.2 Observational Studies versus Designed Experiments
		1.3 Simple Random Sampling
		1.4 Other Effective Sampling Methods
		1.5 Bias in Sampling
		1.6 The Design of Experiments
		Chapter 1 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: What College Should I Attend?
Part 2 Descriptive Statistics
	2 Summarizing Data in Tables and Graphs
		2.1 Organizing Qualitative Data
		2.2 Organizing Quantitative Data
		2.3 Graphical Misrepresentations of Data
		Chapter 2 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: Tables or Graphs?
	3 Numerically Summarizing Data
		3.1 Measures of Central Tendency
		3.2 Measures of Dispersion
		3.3 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion from Grouped Data
		3.4 Measures of Position and Outliers
		3.5 The Five‐Number Summary and Boxplots
		Chapter 3 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: What Car Should I Buy?
	4 Describing the Relation between Two Variables
		4.1 Scatter Diagrams and Correlation
		4.2 Least‐Squares Regression
		4.3 The Coefficient of Determination
		4.4 Contingency Tables and Association
		Chapter 4 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: Relationships among Variables on a World Scale
Part 3 Probability and Probability Distributions
	5 Probability
		5.1 Probability Rules
		5.2 The Addition Rule and Complements
		5.3 Independence and the Multiplication Rule
		5.4 Conditional Probability and the General Multiplication Rule
		5.5 Counting Techniques
		5.6 Simulating Probability Experiments
		5.7 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use?
		Chapter 5 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: The Effects of Drinking and Driving
	6 Discrete Probability Distributions
		6.1 Discrete Random Variables
		6.2 The Binomial Probability Distribution
		Chapter 6 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: Should We Convict?
	7 The Normal Probability Distribution
		7.1 Properties of the Normal Distribution
		7.2 Applications of the Normal Distribution
		7.3 Assessing Normality
		7.4 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Probability Distribution
		Chapter 7 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: Stock Picking
Part 4 Inference: From Samples to Population
	8 Sampling Distributions
		8.1 Distribution of the Sample Mean
		8.2 Distribution of the Sample Proportion
		Chapter 8 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: How Much Time Do You Spend in a Day . . . ?
	9 Estimating the Value of a Parameter
		9.1 Estimating a Population Proportion
		9.2 Estimating a Population Mean
		9.3 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use?
		Chapter 9 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: How Much Should I Spend for this House?
	10 Hypothesis Tests Regarding a Parameter
		10.1 The Language of Hypothesis Testing
		10.2 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion
		10.3 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean
		10.4 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use?
		Chapter 10 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: Selecting a Mutual Fund
	11 Inference on Two Population Parameters
		11.1 Inference about Two Population Proportions
		11.2 Inference about Two Means: Dependent Samples
		11.3 Inference about Two Means: Independent Samples
		11.4 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use?
		Chapter 11 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: Which Car Should I Buy?
	12 Additional Inferential Methods
		12.1 Goodness‐of‐Fit Test
		12.2 Tests for Independence and the Homogeneity of Proportions
		12.3 Testing the Significance of the Least‐Squares Regression Model
		12.4 Confidence and Prediction Intervals
		Chapter 12 Review
		Chapter Test
		Making an Informed Decision: Benefits of College
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Appendix A Tables
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