I. INTRODUCTION. 1. The Nature Of Statistics. Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline. Two Kinds of Statistics.
Classifying Statistical Studies. The Development of Statistics. Using the Computer. Is a Study Necessary? Simple Random Sampling. Other Sampling Procedures. Observational Studies and Designed Experiments. Introduction to Experimental Design. Internet Project.
Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test. II. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS. 2.
Organizing Data. Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline. Variables and Data. Grouping Data. Graphs and Charts. Stem-and-Leaf Diagrams.
Distribution Shapes; Symmetry and Skewness. Misleading Graphs. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test.
3. Descriptive Measures. Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline. Measures of Center. The Sample Mean. Measures of Variation; the Sample Standard Deviation.
The Five-Number Summary; Boxplots. Descriptive Measures for Populations; Use of Samples. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test.
III. PROBABILITY, RANDOM VARIABLES, AND SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS. 4. Probability Concepts. Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline. Probability Basics.
Events. Some Rules of Probability. Contingency Tables; Joint and Marginal Probabilities. Conditional Probability. The Multiplication Rule; Independence. Bayes''s Rule. Counting Rules. Internet Project.
Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test. 5. Discrete Random Variables. Case Study.
General Objectives. Chapter Outline. Discrete Random Variables; Probability Distributions. The Mean and Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random Variable. The Binomial Distribution. The Poisson Distribution. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database.
Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test. 6. The Normal Distribution. Case Study. General Objectives.
Chapter Outline. Introducing Normally Distributed Variables. Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve. Working With Normally Distributed Variables. Assessing Normality; Normal Probability Plots. The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database.
Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test. 7. The Sampling Distribution of the Mean. Case Study. General Objectives.
Chapter Outline. Sampling Error; the Need for Sampling Distributions. The Mean and Standard Deviation of XThe Sampling Distribution of the Mean. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review.
Review Test. IV. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS. 8. Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean. Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline.
Estimating a Population Mean. Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean When 5; Is Known. Margin of Error. Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean When 5; Is Unknown. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database. Case Study. Discussion.
Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test. 9. Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean. Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline.
The Nature of Hypothesis Testing. Terms, Errors, and Hypotheses. Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean When 5; Is Known. Type II Error Probabilities; Power. P-Values. Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean When 5; Is Unknown. The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. Which Procedure Should Be Used? Internet Project.
Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test. 10. Inferences for Two Population Means. Case Study.
General Objectives. Chapter Outline. The Sampling Distribution of the Difference Between Two Means for Independent Samples. Inferences for Two Population Means Using Independent Samples (Standard Deviations Assumed Equal). Inferences for Two Population Means Using Independent Samples (Standard Deviations Not Assumed Equal). The Mann-Whitney Test. Inferences for Two Population Means Using Paired Samples. The Paired Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test.
Which Procedure Should Be Used? Internet Project. Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test. 11. Inferences for Population Standard Deviations.
Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline. Inferences for One Population Standard Deviation. Inferences for Two Population Standard Deviations Using Independent Samples. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion.
Biography. Chapter Review. Review Test. 12. Inferences for Population Proportions. Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline.
Confidence Intervals for One Population Proportion. Hypothesis Tests for One Population Proportion. Inferences for Two Population Proportions Using Independent Samples. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter.
Review. Review Test. 13.Chi-Square Procedures. Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline. The Chi-Square Distribution.
Chi-Square Goodness-Of-Fit Test. Contingency Tables; Association. Chi-Square Independence Test. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography. Chapter Review.
Review Test. V. REGRESSION, CORRELATION, AND ANOVA. 14. Descriptive Methods in Regression and Correlation. Case Study. General Objectives. Chapter Outline.
Linear Equations with One Independent Variable. The Regression Equation. The Coefficient of Determination. Linear Correlation. Internet Project. Using the Focus Database. Case Study Discussion. Biography.
Chapter Review. Review Test 15. Inferential Methods in Regression and Correlatio.