Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
Brief Contents
Contents
To Teachers: About This Book
To Students: What Is Statistics?
About the Authors
Data Table Index
Beyond the Basics Index
Looking at Data—Distributions
Data
SECTION 1.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 1.1 EXERCISES
Displaying Distributions with Graphs
SECTION 1.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 1.2 EXERCISES
Describing Distributions with Numbers
SECTION 1.3 SUMMARY
SECTION 1.3 EXERCISES
Density Curves and Normal Distributions
SECTION 1.4 SUMMARY
SECTION 1.4 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 1 EXERCISES
Looking at Data—Relationships
Relationships
SECTION 2.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 2.1 EXERCISES
Scatterplots
SECTION 2.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 2.2 EXERCISES
Correlation
SECTION 2.3 SUMMARY
SECTION 2.3 EXERCISES
Least-Squares Regression
SECTION 2.4 SUMMARY
SECTION 2.4 EXERCISES
Cautions about Correlation and Regression
SECTION 2.5 SUMMARY
SECTION 2.5 EXERCISES
Data Analysis for Two-Way Tables
SECTION 2.6 SUMMARY
SECTION 2.6 EXERCISES
The Question of Causation
SECTION 2.7 SUMMARY
SECTION 2.7 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 2 EXERCISES
Producing Data
Sources of Data
SECTION 3.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 3.1 EXERCISES
Design of Experiments
SECTION 3.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 3.2 EXERCISES
Sampling Design
SECTION 3.3 SUMMARY
SECTION 3.3 EXERCISES
Ethics
SECTION 3.4 SUMMARY
SECTION 3.4 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 3 EXERCISES
Probability: The Study of Randomness
Randomness
SECTION 4.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 4.1 EXERCISES
Probability Models
SECTION 4.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 4.2 EXERCISES
Random Variables
SECTION 4.3 SUMMARY
SECTION 4.3 EXERCISES
Means and Variances of Random Variables
SECTION 4.4 SUMMARY
SECTION 4.4 EXERCISES
General Probability Rules
SECTION 4.5 SUMMARY
SECTION 4.5 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 4 EXERCISES
Sampling Distributions
Toward Statistical Inference
SECTION 5.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 5.1 EXERCISES
The Sampling Distribution of a Sample Mean
SECTION 5.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 5.2 EXERCISES
Sampling Distributions for Counts and Proportions
SECTION 5.3 SUMMARY
SECTION 5.3 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 5 EXERCISES
Introduction to Inference
Overview of Inference
Estimating with Confidence
SECTION 6.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 6.1 EXERCISES
Tests of Significance
SECTION 6.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 6.2 EXERCISES
Use and Abuse of Tests
SECTION 6.3 SUMMARY
SECTION 6.3 EXERCISES
Power and Inference as a Decision
SECTION 6.4 SUMMARY
SECTION 6.4 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 6 EXERCISES
Inference for Means
Inference for the Mean of a Population
SECTION 7.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 7.1 EXERCISES
Comparing Two Means
SECTION 7.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 7.2 EXERCISES
Additional Topics on Inference
SECTION 7.3 SUMMARY
SECTION 7.3 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 7 EXERCISES
Inference for Proportions
Inference for a Single Proportion
SECTION 8.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 8.1 EXERCISES
Comparing Two Proportions
SECTION 8.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 8.2 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 8 EXERCISES
Inference for Categorical Data
Inference for Two-Way Tables
SECTION 9.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 9.1 EXERCISES
Goodness of Fit
SECTION 9.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 9.2 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 9 EXERCISES
Inference for Regression
Simple Linear Regression
SECTION 10.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 10.1 EXERCISES
More Detail about Simple Linear Regression
SECTION 10.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 10.2 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 10 EXERCISES
Multiple Regression
Inference for Multiple Regression
SECTION 11.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 11.1 EXERCISES
A Case Study
SECTION 11.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 11.2 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 11 EXERCISES
One-Way Analysis of Variance
Inference for One-Way Analysis of Variance
SECTION 12.1 SUMMARY
SECTION 12.1 EXERCISES
Comparing the Means
SECTION 12.2 SUMMARY
SECTION 12.2 EXERCISES
CHAPTER 12 EXERCISES
Two-Way Analysis of Variance
The Two-Way ANOVA Model
Inference for Two-Way ANOVA
CHAPTER 13 SUMMARY
CHAPTER 13 EXERCISES
Tables
Notes and Data Sources
Index
Glossary