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| Preface | |
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| Course Management Notes (Instructor's Edition only) | |
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| Supplements | |
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| Technology Resources | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| Introduction | |
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| the Nature of Statistics | |
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| Statistics Basics | |
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| Simple Random Sampling | |
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| Other Sampling Designs | |
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| Experimental Designs | |
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| Descriptive Statistics | |
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| Organizing Data | |
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| Variables and Data | |
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| Organizing Qualitative Data | |
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| Organizing Quantitative Data | |
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| Distribution Shapes | |
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| Misleading Graphs | |
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| Descriptive Measures | |
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| Measures of Center | |
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| Measures of Variation | |
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| the Five-Number Summary; Boxplots | |
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| Descriptive Measures for Populations; use of Samples | |
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| Descriptive Methods in Regression and Correlation | |
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| Linear Equations with One Independent Variable | |
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| the Regression Equation | |
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| the Coefficient of Determination | |
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| Linear Correlation | |
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| Probability, Random Variables, and Sampling Distributions | |
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| Probability and Random Variables | |
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| Probability Basics | |
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| Events | |
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| Some Rules of Probability | |
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| Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions | |
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| the Mean and Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random Variable | |
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| the Binomial Distribution | |
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| the Normal Distribution | |
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| Introducing Normally Distributed Variables | |
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| Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve | |
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| Working with Normally Distributed Variables | |
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| Assessing Normality; Normal Probability Plots | |
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| the Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean | |
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| Sampling Error; the Need for Sampling Distributions | |
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| the Mean and Standard Deviation of the Sample Mean | |
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| the Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean | |
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| Inferential Statistics | |
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| Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean | |
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| Estimating a Population Mean | |
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| Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean When � is Known | |
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| Margin of Error | |
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| Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean When � is Unknown | |
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| Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean | |
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| the Nature of Hypothesis Testing | |
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| Critical-Value Approach to Hypothesis Testing | |
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| P-Value Approach to Hypothesis Testing | |
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| Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean When � is Known | |
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| Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean When � is Unknown | |
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| Inferences for Two Population Means | |
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| the Sampling Distribution of the Difference between Two Sample Means for Independent Samples | |
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| Inferences for Two Population Means, Using Independent Samples: Standard Deviations Assumed Equal | |
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| Inferences for Two Population Means, Using Independent Samples: Standard Deviations Not Assumed Equal | |
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| Inferences for Two Population Means, Using Paired Samples | |
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| Inferences for Population Proportions | |
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| Confidence Intervals for One Population Proportion | |
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| Hypothesis Tests for One Population Proportion | |
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| Inferences for Two Population Proportions | |
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| Chi-Square Procedures | |
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| the Chi-Square Distribution | |
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| Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test | |
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| Contingency Tables; Association | |
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| Chi-Square Independence Test | |
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| Chi-Square Homogeneity Test | |
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| Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) | |
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| the F-Distribution | |
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| One-Way ANOVA: the Logic | |
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| One-Way ANOVA: the Procedure | |
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| Inferential Methods in Regression and Correlation | |
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| the Regression Model; Analysis of Residuals | |
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| Inferences for the Slope of the Population Regression Line | |
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| Estimation and Prediction | |
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| Inferences in Correlation | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Statistical Tables | |
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| Random numbers | |
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| Areas under the standard normal curve | |
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| Normal scores | |
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| Values of t<sub>�</sub> | |
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| Values of �<sub>�</sub><sup>2</sup> | |
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| Values of F<sub>�</sub> | |
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| Binomial probabilities | |
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| Answers to Selected Exercises | |
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| Index | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Indexes for Biographical Sketches & Case Studies | |
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| WeissStats CD-ROM (included with every new textbook) | |
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| Brief Contents | |
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| Note: See the WeissStats CD-ROM ReadMe file for detailed contents | |
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| Applets | |
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| Data Sets | |
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| DDXL (Excel Add-In) | |
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| Detailed t and Chi-square Tables | |
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| Focus Database | |
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| Formulas and Appendix a Tables | |
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| Further Topics in Probability | |
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| JMP Concept Discovery Modules | |
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| Minitab Macros | |
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| Technology Basics | |
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| TI Programs | |
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