Workshop Statistics : Discovery with Data and Minitab
by Rossman, Allan J.Edition: 1st
Pub. Date: 1998-01-01
Publisher(s): SPRINGER VERLAG INC
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Summary
Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data and Minitab, 2nd edition, fuses instructions specific to Minitab while retaining all the distinctive features of the original text. Additions and changes from the original version of Workshop Statistics include: complete Minitab instructions; updated data sets for use with Minitab; Minitab terms added to the index and glossary; and downloadable Minitab worksheets and macros for all platforms. Available with specially priced bundle version of Minitab software upon request. For more information, visit http://www.rossmanchance.com/ws/.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the Second Edition | p. xi |
| Preface to the First Edition | p. xv |
| To the Instructor | p. xxi |
| To the Student | p. xxv |
| List of Activities | p. xxvii |
| Exploring Data: Distributions | |
| Data and Variables | p. 3 |
| Data, Variables, and Minitab | p. 19 |
| Displaying and Describing Distributions | p. 43 |
| Measures of Center | p. 67 |
| Measures of Spread | p. 87 |
| Exploring Data: Comparisons and Relationships | |
| Comparing Distributions I: Quantitative Variables | p. 115 |
| Comparing Distributions II: Categorical Variables | p. 139 |
| Graphical Displays of Association | p. 163 |
| Correlation Coefficient | p. 187 |
| Least Squares Regression I | p. 207 |
| Least Squares Regression II | p. 229 |
| Collecting Data | |
| Sampling | p. 249 |
| Designing Studies | p. 275 |
| Randomness in Data | |
| Probability | p. 305 |
| Normal Distributions | p. 327 |
| Sampling Distributions I: Proportions | p. 347 |
| Sampling Distributions II: Means | p. 371 |
| Central Limit Theorem | p. 391 |
| Inference from Data: Principles | |
| Confidence Intervals I: Proportions | p. 409 |
| Confidence Intervals II: Means | p. 431 |
| Tests of Significance I: Proportions | p. 451 |
| Tests of Significance II: Means | p. 471 |
| More Inference Considerations | p. 489 |
| Inference from Data: Comparisons and Relationships | |
| Comparing Two Proportions | p. 515 |
| Comparing Two Means | p. 537 |
| Inference for Two-Way Tables | p. 563 |
| Inference for Correlation and Regression | p. 583 |
| Random Number Table | p. 601 |
| Standard Normal Probabilities | p. 603 |
| t-Distribution Critical Values | p. 607 |
| Chi-Square Distribution Critical Values | p. 609 |
| Overview of Minitab | p. 611 |
| Student Glossary | p. 623 |
| Sources for Data Sets | p. 629 |
| Index | p. 639 |
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