Understanding Basic Statistics

, by Brase, Charles Henry; Brase, Corrinne Pellillo

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ISBN: 9780618004607 | 0618004602
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Copyright: 6/7/1999

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Table of Prerequisite Material

Preface

A User's Guide to Features

xvi

Organizing Data

(75)

Populations, Samples, and Data

(14)

Random Samples

(8)

Graphs

(10)

Histograms and Frequency Distributions

(18)

Stem-and-Leaf Displays

(25)

Summary

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

(6)

Data Highlights

(4)

Linking Concepts

(1)

Using Technology

(6)

Averages and Variation

(51)

Measures of Central Tendency: Mode, Median, and Mean

(11)

Measures of Variation

(16)

Percentiles and Box-and-Whisker Plots

103

(24)

Summary

115

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

115

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

116

(2)

Data Highlights

118

(2)

Linking Concepts

120

(2)

Using Technology

122

(5)

Regression and Correlation

127

(43)

Introduction to Paired Data and Scatter Diagrams

128

(7)

Linear Regression

135

(13)

The Linear Correlation Coefficient

148

(22)

Summary

161

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

162

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

162

(2)

Data Highlights

164

(1)

Linking Concepts

164

(1)

Using Technology

165

(5)

Elementary Probability Theory

170

(50)

What Is Probability?

170

(11)

Some Probability Rules---Compound Events

181

(18)

Trees and Counting Techniques

199

(21)

Summary

210

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

211

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

211

(2)

Data Highlights

213

(2)

Linking Concepts

215

(1)

Using Technology

216

(4)

The Binomial Probability Distribution

220

(43)

Introduction to Random Variables and Probability Distributions

220

(12)

Binomial Probabilities

232

(12)

The Mean and Standard Deviation of the Binomial Distribution

244

(19)

Summary

251

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

252

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

252

(3)

Data Highlights

255

(1)

Linking Concepts

256

(2)

Using Technology

258

(5)

Normal Distributions

263

(63)

Graphs of Normal Probability Distributions

263

(18)

Standard Units and Areas Under the Standard Normal Distribution

281

(18)

Areas Under Any Normal Curve

299

(8)

Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution

307

(19)

Summary

316

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

316

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

317

(3)

Data Highlights

320

(1)

Linking Concepts

321

(2)

Using Technology

323

(3)

Introduction to Sampling Distributions

326

(28)

Sampling Distributions

327

(6)

The Central Limit Theorem

333

(10)

Class Project Illustrating the Central Limit Theorem

343

(11)

Summary

345

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

346

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

346

(1)

Data Highlights

347

(2)

Linking Concepts

349

(2)

Using Technology

351

(3)

Introduction to Estimation

354

(50)

Estimating &mgr; with Large Samples

354

(12)

Estimating &mgr; with Small Samples

366

(9)

Estimating p in the Binomial Distribution

375

(7)

Choosing the Sample Size

382

(22)

Summary

390

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

390

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

390

(3)

Data Highlights

393

(2)

Linking Concepts

395

(3)

Using Technology

398

(6)

Hypothesis Testing Involving One Population

404

(65)

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

404

(8)

Tests Involving the Mean &mgr; (Large Samples)

412

(15)

The P Value in Hypothesis Testing

427

(12)

Tests Involving the Mean &mgr; (Small Samples)

439

(13)

Tests Involving a Proportion

452

(17)

Summary

460

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

461

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

461

(2)

Data Highlights

463

(1)

Linking Concepts

464

(1)

Using Technology

465

(4)

Inferences About Differences

469

(53)

Tests Involving Paired Differences (Dependent Samples)

469

(14)

Inferences About the Difference of Two Means (Large, Independent Samples)

483

(14)

Inferences About the Difference of Two Proportions

497

(25)

Summary

511

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

511

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

511

(4)

Data Highlights

515

(2)

Linking Concepts

517

(1)

Using Technology

518

(4)

Additional Topics Using Inference

522

(1)

Part I: Hypothesis Tests Using the Chi-Square Distribution

522

(1)

Chi Square: Tests of Independence

522

(14)

Chi Square: Goodness of Fit

536

(8)

Testing the Variance σ2

544

(6)

Part II: Inferences Relating to Linear Regression

550

(1)

Linear Regression: Confidence Intervals for Predictions

550

(12)

Testing the Correlation Coefficient ρ

562

(5)

Summary

567

(1)

Important Words and Symbols

568

(1)

Chapter Review Problems

568

(3)

Data Highlights

571

(1)

Linking Concepts

572

(1)

Using Technology

572

Appendix I Tables

Table 1 Random Numbers

Table 2 Factorials

Table 3 Binomial Coefficients Cn,r

Table 4 Binomial Distribution Cn,rprqn-r

Table 5 Areas of a Standard Normal Distribution

Table 6 Student's t Distribution

Table 7 The X2 Distribution

Table 8 Critical Values of Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, r

A10

Appendix II Data Sets

A11

Answers with Key Steps to Odd-Numbered Problems

A20

Index

A56

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