Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis
by Peck, RoxyEdition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-03-06
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
This book introduces you to the study of statistics and data analysis by using real data and attention-grabbing examples. The authors guide you through an intuition-based learning process that stresses interpretation and communication of statistical information. They help you grasp concepts and cement your comprehension by using simple notation-frequently substituting words for symbols. You will also find coverage of the graphing calculator as a problem-solving tool, plus hands-on activities in each chapter that allow you to practice statistics firsthand.
Table of Contents
| The Role of Statistics and the Data Analysis Process | |
| Three Reasons to Study Statistics | |
| The Nature and Role of Variability | |
| Statistics and the Data Analysis Process | |
| Types of Data and Some Simple Graphical Displays | |
| Head Sizes: Understanding Variability | |
| Estimating Sizes | |
| A Meaningful Paragraph | |
| Collecting Data Sensibly | |
| Statistical Studies: Observation and Experimentation | |
| Sampling | |
| Simple Comparative Experiments | |
| More on Experimental Design | |
| More on Observational Studies: Designing Surveys (optional) | |
| Communicating and Interpreting the Results of Statistical Analyses | |
| Designing a Sampling Plan | |
| An Experiment to Test for the Stroop Effect | |
| McDonalds and the Next 100 Billion Burgers | |
| Video Games and Pain Management | |
| Graphing Calculator Explorations | |
| Graphical Methods for Describing Data | |
| Displaying Categorical Data: Comparative Bar Charts and Pie Charts | |
| Displaying Numerical Data: Stem-and-Leaf Displays | |
| Displaying Numerical Data: Frequency Distributions and Histograms | |
| Displaying Bivariate Numerical Data | |
| Communicating and Interpreting the Results of Statistical Analyses | |
| Locating States | |
| Bean Counters! Graphing Calculator Explorations | |
| Numerical Methods for Describing Data | |
| Describing the Center of a Data Set | |
| Describing Variability in a Data Set | |
| Summarizing a Data Set: Boxplots | |
| Interpreting Center and Variability: Chebyshev's Rule, the Empirical Rule, and z Scores | |
| Communicating and Interpreting the Results of Statistical Analyses | |
| Collecting and Summarizing Numerical Data | |
| Airline Passenger Weights | |
| Boxplot Shapes | |
| Graphing Calculator Explorations | |
| Summarizing Bivariate Data | |
| Correlation | |
| Linear Regression: fitting a Line to Bivariate Data | |
| Assessing the Fit of a Line | |
| Nonlinear Relationships and Transformations | |
| Logistic Regression (Optional) | |
| Communicating and Interpreting the Results of Statistical Analyses | |
| Exploring Correlation and Regression Technology Activity (Applets) | |
| Age and Flexibility | |
| Graphing calculator Explorations | |
| Probability | |
| Chance Experiments and Events | |
| Definition of Probability | |
| Basic Properties of Probability | |
| Conditional Probability | |
| Independence | |
| Some General Probability Rules | |
| Estimating Probabilities Empirically and Using Simulation | |
| Kisses | |
| A Crisis for European Sports Fans? | |
| The "Hot Hand" in Basketball | |
| Graphing Calculator Explorations | |
| Random Variables and Probability Distributions | |
| Random Variables | |
| Probability Distributions for Discrete Random Variables | |
| Probability Distributions for continuous Random Variables | |
| Mean and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable | |
| The Binomial and Geometric Distributions | |
| Normal Distributions | |
| Checking for Normality and Normalizing Transformations | |
| Using the Normal Distribution to Approximate a Discrete Distribution | |
| Rotten Eggs | |
| Graphing Calculator Explorations | |
| Sampling Variability and Sampling Distributions | |
| Statistics and Sampling Variability | |
| The Sampling Distribution of a Sample Mean | |
| The Sampling distribution of a Sample Proportion | |
| Do Students Who Take the SAT Multiple Times Have an Advantage in College Admissions? Graphing Calculator Explorations | |
| Estimation Using a Single Sample | |
| Point Estimates | |
| Large-Sample Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion | |
| Confidence Interval for a Population Mean | |
| Communicating and Interpreting the Results of Statistical Analyses | |
| Getting a Feel for Confidence Level | |
| An Alternative Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion | |
| Graphing Calculator Explorations | |
| Hypothesis Testing Using a Single Sample | |
| Hypotheses and Test Procedures | |
| Errors in Hypothesis Testing | |
| Large-Sample Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion | |
| Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean | |
| Power and the Probability of | |
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