Elementary Statistics : A Brief Version
ISBN: 9780072420654 | 0072420650
Edition: 2ndFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Pub. Date: 4/1/2002
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| Preface | |
| The Nature of Probability and Statistics | |
| Introduction | |
| Descriptive and Inferential Statistics | |
| Variables and Types of Data | |
| Data Collection and Sampling Techniques | |
| Observational and Experimental Studies | |
| Uses and Misuses of Statistics | |
| Computers and Calculators | |
| Summary | |
| Fr... MORE | |
| Introduction | |
| Organizing Data | |
| Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives | |
| Other Types of Graphs | |
| Paired Data and Scatter Plots Ana | |
| Summary | |
| Data Description | |
| Introduction | |
| Measures of Central Tendency | |
| Measures of Variation | |
| Measures of Position | |
| Exploratory Data Analysis | |
| Summary | |
| Probability and Counting Rules | |
| Introduction | |
| Sample Spaces and Probability | |
| The Addition Rules for Probability | |
| The Multiplication Rules and Conditional Probability | |
| Counting Rules | |
| Probability and Counting Rules | |
| Summary | |
| Discrete Probability Distributions | |
| Introduction | |
| Probability Distributions | |
| Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation, and Expectation | |
| The Binomial Distribution | |
| Summary | |
| The Normal Distribution | |
| Introduction | |
| Properties of the Normal Distribution | |
| The Standard Normal Distribution | |
| Applications of the Normal Distribution | |
| The Central Limit Theorem | |
| The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution | |
| Summary | |
| Confidence Intervals and Sample Size | |
| Introduction | |
| Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Sigma Known or n > 30) and Sample Size | |
| Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Sigma Unknown and n< 30) | |
| Confidence Intervals and Sample Size for Proportions | |
| Confidence Intervals for Variances and Standard Deviations | |
| Summary | |
| Hypothesis Testing | |
| Introduction | |
| Steps in Hypothesis Testing – Traditional Method | |
| z Test for a Mean | |
| t Test for a Mean | |
| z Test for a Proportion | |
| Chi-Square Test for a Variance or Standard Deviation | |
| Additional Topics Regarding Hypothesis Testing | |
| Summary | |
| Testing the Difference Between Two Means, Two Variances, and Two Proportions | |
| Introduction | |
| Testing the Difference Between Two Means: Large Samples | |
| Testing the Difference Between Two Variances | |
| Testing the Difference Between Two Means: Small Independent Samples | |
| Testing the Difference Between Two Means: Small Dependent Samples | |
| Testing the Difference Between Two Proportions | |
| Summary | |
| Correlation and Regression | |
| Introduction | |
| Correlation | |
| Regression | |
| Coefficient of Determination and Standard Error of the Estimate | |
| Summary | |
| Chi-Square and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) | |
| Introduction | |
| Test for Goodness of Fit | |
| Tests Using Contingency Tables | |
| Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) | |
| Summary | |
| Algebra Review | |
| Writing the Research Report | |
| Alternate Approach to the Standard Normal Distribution | |
| Tables | |
| Data Bank | |
| Glossary | |
| Bibliography | |
| Photo Credits | |
| Selected Answers | |
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