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1 WHAT IS STATISTICS?
1·1 Introduction
1·2 Key Statistical Concepts
1·3 Statistics and the Computer
1·4 World Wide Web and Learning Center
APPENDIX 1·A:Introducation to Microsoft Excel
2 GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIVE TECHNIQUES
2·1 Introduction
2·2 Types of Data
2·3 Graphically Describing Interval Data:Frequency Distributions and Histograms
2·4 Graphically Describing Nominal Data:Bar and Pie Charts
2·5 Describing Time-Series Data:Line Charts
2·6 Describing the Relationship between Two Interval Variables:Scatter Diagrams
2·7 Summary
3 NUMERICAL DESCRIPTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR INTERVAL DATA
3·1 Introduction
3·2 Measures of Central Location
3·3 Measures of Variability
3·4 Other Measures of Shape(Optional)
3·5 Measures of Relative Standing and Box Plots
3·6 Measures of Linear Relationship
3·7 General Guidelines for Exploring Data
3·8 Summary
4 PROBABILITY
4·1 Introduction
4·2 Assigning Probability to Events
4·3 Joint,Marginal,and Conditional Probability
4·4 Probability Rules and Trees
4·5 Summary
CASE 4·1 Let's Make a Deal
CASE 4·2 To Bunt or Not to Bunt,That Is the Question
5 RANDOM VARIABLES AND DISCRETE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
5·1 Introduction
5·2 Random Variables and Probability Distributions
5·3 Describing the Population/Probability Distribution
5·4 Binomial Distribution
5·5 Poisson Distribution
5·6 Summary
CASE 5·1 To Bunt or Not to Bunt,That Is the Question,Part Ⅱ
6 CONTINUOUS PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
6·1 Introduction
6·2 Probability Density Functions
6·3 Normal Distribution
6·4 Other Continuous Distributions
6·5 Summary
7 SAMPLING AND SAMPLING PLANS
7·1 Introduction
7·2 Sampling
7·3 Sampling Plans
7·4 Errors Involved in Sampling
7·5 Summary
8 SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS
8·1 Introduction
8·2 Sampling Distribution of the Mean
8·3 Creating the Sampling Distribution by Computer Simulation(Optional)
8·4 Sampling Distribution of a Proportion
8·5 Sampling Distribution of the Difference between Two Means
8·6 From Here to Inference
8·7 Summary
9 INTRODUCTION TO ESTIMATION
10 INTRODUCTION TO HYPOTHESIS TESTING
11 INFERENCE ABOUT A SINGLE POPULATION
12 INFERENCE ABOUT TWO POPULATIONS
13 STATISTICAL INFERENCE:REVIEW OF CHAPTERS 11 AND 12
14 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
15 CHI-SQUARED TESTS
16 NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
17 SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION AND CORRELATION
18 MULTIPLE REGRESSION
19 STATISTICAL INFERENCE:CONCLUSION
Appendix A Sample Statistics from Data Files in Chapters 9 and 10
Appendix B Tables
Appendix C Answers to Selected Even-Numbered Exercises
Index
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