Interpreting Data: A First Course in Statistics

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Populations and samples....Pages 1-8
Tabular and graphical summaries of data....Pages 9-32
Numerical summary of data — sample statistics....Pages 33-45
Association between variables....Pages 46-64
Testing hypotheses....Pages 65-84
Published statistics....Pages 85-94
Delving in tables....Pages 95-102
Changes with time — index numbers....Pages 103-110
Demography — introduction....Pages 111-121
Components of population change....Pages 122-138
Population projection....Pages 139-143
Changes with time — time series....Pages 144-151
Data analysis and the computer....Pages 152-160
Social surveys....Pages 161-173
Schemes of investigation....Pages 174-182
Controlled experiments....Pages 183-190
Sampling schemes....Pages 191-200
Longitudinal studies and interrupted time series....Pages 201-209
Smoking and lung cancer....Pages 210-213
An overview....Pages 214-215
Back Matter....Pages 217-223