Project-Based R Companion to Introductory Statistics

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Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Started with R and RStudio
	WORKING WITH RStudio
	GUIDED PROJECT: OPEN AND MODIFY THE Titanic.xlsx DATASET IN RStudio
	STUDENT PROJECT: OPEN AND MODIFY THE THE Ohio.xlsx DATASET IN RStudio
	REFERENCES
Chapter 2: Describing Categorical Data
	INTRODUCTION
	CATEGORICAL DATA
	GUIDED PROJECT: DOES THE USE OF ANTISEPTICS DURING SURGERY REDUCE MORTALITY?
	STUDENT PROJECT: DETERMINE THE IMPACT TICKET CLASS HAD ON PASSENGER SURVIVAL ON THE TITANIC
	REFERENCES
Chapter 3: Describing Quantitative Data
	INTRODUCTION
	STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
	GUIDED PROJECT 1: DETERMINE THE CASUALTY RATE FOR UNION ARMY SOLDIERS IN COMPANIES FROM OHIO DURING THE US CIVIL WAR
	GUIDED PROJECT 2: DETERMINE THE TYPICAL HEALTHY ADULT HUMAN BODY TEMPERATURE
	STUDENT PROJECT 1: DETERMINE THE TYPICAL WEIGHT OF AN ADULT HUMAN BRAIN
	STUDENT PROJECT 2: DESCRIBE THE DISTRIBUTION OF HORSE KICK DEATHS IN THE PRUSSIAN ARMY FROM 1875 TO 1894
	REFERENCES
Chapter 4: The Normal Distribution
	INTRODUCTION
	GUIDED PROJECT: DETERMINE THE SPEED OF LIGHT IN AIR
	STUDENT PROJECT: IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT THE HEALTHY ADULT HUMAN BODY TEMPERATURE IS NOT 98.6°F?
	REFERENCES
Chapter 5: Two-Way Tables
	INTRODUCTION
	CONTINGENCY TABLES
	GUIDED PROJECT: ARE FEMALE CHARACTERS IN SLASHER FILMS MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED THAN MALE CHARACTERS?
	STUDENT PROJECT: DETERMINE THE IMPACT PASSENGER AGE AND SEX HAD ON THE LIKELIHOOD A PASSENGER SURVIVED THE TITANIC SINKING
	REFERENCES
Chapter 6: Linear Regression and Correlation
	INTRODUCTION
	SCATTERPLOTS AND LINEAR REGRESSION
	THE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (r) AND THE COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION (R2)
	GUIDED PROJECT 1: CAN FORENSIC SCIENTISTS DETERMINE HOW LONG A BODY HAS BEEN BURIED BY HOW MUCH NITROGEN REMAINS IN THE LONG BONES OF THE SKELETON?
	GUIDED PROJECT: DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAND AREA AND THE NUMBER OF PLANT SPECIES LIVING ON THE BRITISH ISLES
	STUDENT PROJECT: IS HEAD SIZE RELATED TO BRAIN WEIGHT IN HEALTHY ADULT HUMANS?
	REFERENCES
Chapter 7: Random Sampling
	INTRODUCTION
	SAMPLING METHODS
	GUIDED PROJECT 1: COMPARE DIFFERENT SAMPLING METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE MEAN FINISHING TIME AT THE DISNEY MARATHON IN 2020
	GUIDED PROJECT 2: COMPARE DIFFERENT SAMPLING METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE MEAN HEIGHT OF NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE (NHL) PLAYERS IN 2013–2014
	STUDENT PROJECT: COMPARE DIFFERENT SAMPLING METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE MEAN HEIGHT OF A PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER IN 2014–2015
	REFERENCES
Chapter 8: Inference About a Population Mean
	INTRODUCTION
	HYPOTHESIS TESTS
	CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
	ASSUMPTIONS FOR INFERENCE ABOUT A POPULATION MEAN
	GUIDED PROJECT: IS 98.6°F (37.0°C) ACTUALLY THE NORMAL HUMAN BODY TEMPERATURE?
	STUDENT PROJECT: HOW STANDARD IS THE CAFFEINE CONTENT IN FOUNTAIN SOFT DRINKS SERVED IN CHAIN RESTAURANTS?
	REFERENCES
Chapter 9: Inference About a Population Proportion
	INTRODUCTION
	ASSUMPTIONS FOR INFERENCE ABOUT A POPULATION PROPORTION
	GUIDED PROJECT: DETERMINE IF FATAL CAR ACCIDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON FRIDAY THE 13TH THAN OTHER FRIDAYS
	STUDENT PROJECT: IS CHOLERA TRANSMITTED BY DRINKING CONTAMINATED WATER?
	REFERENCES
Chapter 10: Comparing Two Population Means
	INTRODUCTION
	TWO INDEPENDENT SAMPLE DESIGN
	MATCHED PAIRS STUDY DESIGN
	GUIDED PROJECT 1: CAN FINGERTIP AND UPPER ARM MEASURES OF SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE BE USED INTERCHANGEABLY?
	GUIDED PROJECT 2: DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE MOSQUITO REPELLANT TREATMENT FOR SOLDIERS IN THE INDIAN ARMY
	STUDENT PROJECT 1: DETERMINING LEAD CONCENTRATIONS IN LIP COSMETICS
	STUDENT PROJECT 2: ARE THE RESULTS OF A NEW TEST DESIGNED TO ASSESS FAT CONTENT IN HUMAN MILK CONSISTENT WITH THE “GOLD STANDARD” GERBER METHOD
	REFERENCES
Chapter 11: Comparing Two Population Proportions
	INTRODUCTION
	STUDENT PROJECT: ARE FEMALE CHARACTERS IN SLASHER FILMS MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED THAN MALE CHARACTERS?
	STUDENT PROJECT: IS CHOLERA TRANSMITTED BY DRINKING CONTAMINATED WATER?
	REFERENCES
STUDENT PROJECT 1 – DOES BRAIN WEIGHT DIFFER BY AGE IN HEALTHY ADULT HUMANS?
STUDENT PROJECT 2 – PREVENTING ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS WITH GINKGO BILOBAAND ACETAZOLAMIDE
STUDENT PROJECT 3 – WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE MAMMAL SLEEP PATTERNS?
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