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Getting the Information You Need | |
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Data Collection1 | |
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Introduction to the Practice of Statistics1 | |
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Observational Studies, Experiments, and Simple RandomSampling1 | |
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Other Effective Sampling Methods1 | |
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Sources of Error in Sampling1 | |
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The Design of Experiments | |
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Chapter ReviewCase Study: Chrysalises for Cash (on CD) | |
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Descriptive Statistics | |
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Organizing and Summarizing Data | |
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Organizing Qualitative Data | |
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Organizing Quantitative Data | |
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Graphical Misrepresentations of Data | |
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Chapter ReviewCase Study: The Day the Sky Roared (on CD) | |
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Numerically Summarizing Data | |
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Measures of Central Tendency | |
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Measures of Dispersion | |
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Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion from GroupedData | |
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Measures of Position | |
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The Five-Number Summary and Boxplots | |
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Chapter ReviewCase Study:Who Was +A Mourner'? (on CD) | |
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Describing the Relation between Two Variables | |
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Scatter Diagrams and Correlation | |
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Least-Squares Regression | |
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The Coefficient of Determination | |
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Chapter ReviewCase Study: Thomas Malthus, Population, and Subsistence (on CD) | |
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Probability and Probability Distributions | |
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Probability | |
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Probability Rules | |
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The Addition Rule and Complements | |
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Independence and the Multiplication Rule | |
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Conditional Probability and the General Multiplication Rule | |
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Counting Techniques | |
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Chapter ReviewCase Study: The Case of the Body in the Bag (on CD) | |
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Discrete Probability Distributions | |
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Discrete Random Variables | |
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The Binomial Probability Distribution | |
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Chapter ReviewCase Study: The Voyage of the St.Andrew (on CD) | |
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The Normal Probability Distribution | |
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Properties of the Normal Distribution | |
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The Standard Normal Distribution | |
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Applications of the Normal Distribution | |
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Assessing Normality | |
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The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Probability Distribution | |
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Chapter ReviewCase Study: A Tale of Blood, Chemistry, and Health (on CD)Putting It All Together: Probability | |
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Inference: From Samples to Population | |
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Sampling Distributions | |
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Distribution of the Sample Mean | |
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Distribution of the Sample Proportion | |
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Chapter ReviewCase Study: Sampling Distribution of the Median (on CD) | |
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Estimating the Value of a Parameter Using Confidence Intervals | |
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The Logic in Constructing Confidence Intervals about a Population Mean Where the Population Standard Deviation is Known | |
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Confidence Intervals about a Population Mean in Practice Where the Population Standard Deviation is Unknown | |
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Confidence Intervals about a Population Proportion | |
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Putting It All Together:Which Method Do I Use? | |
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Chapter ReviewCase Study: The Search for a Fire-Safe Cigarette (on CD) | |
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Testing Claims Regarding a Parameter | |
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The Language of Hypothesis Testing | |
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Testing Claims about a Population Mean Assuming the Population Standard Deviation Is Known | |
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Testing Claims about a Population Mean in Practice | |
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Testing Claims about a Population Proportion | |
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Putting It All Together:Which Metho | |