Statistics Concepts and Controversies

Name: Statistics Concepts and Controversies
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ISBN: 9780716786368

ISBN-10: 0716786362

ISBN-13: 9780716786368

Edition: 6th 2006

Authors: David S. Moore, William I. Notz

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This volume reveals the applications of statistics to a wide range of fields, from public policy to the sciences. It introduces new technology and pedagogical features.

Book details

List price: $143.99
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: W. H. Freeman & Company
Publication date: 11/9/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

David S. Moore is a professor of psychology at Pitzer College and at Claremont Graduate University. He received his doctorate in developmental psychology from Harvard University and did his postdoctoral work at the City University of New York.



To the Teacher: Statistics as a Liberal Discipline


Prelude: Making Sense of Data



Producing Data



Where Do Data Come From?



Samples, Good and Bad



What Do Samples Tell Us?



Sample Surveys in the Real World



Experiments, Good and Bad



Experiments in the Real World



Data Ethics



Measuring



Do the Numbers Make Sense?


Review I: Producing Data



Organizing Data



Graphs Good and Bad



Displaying Distributions with Graphs



Describing Distributions with Numbers



Normal Distributions



Describing Relationships: Scatterplots and Correlation



Describing Relationships: Regression, Prediction, and Causation



The Consumer Price Index and Government Statistics


Review II: Organizing Data



Chance



Thinking about Chance



Probability Models



Simulation



The House Edge: Expected Values


Review III: Chance



Inference



What is a Confidence Interval?



What is a Test of Significance?



Use and Abuse of Statistical Inference



Two-Way Tables and the Chi-square Test



Inference About a Population Means



Review