Essential statistics : exploring the world through data

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = 11
• Index of Applications = 21
• Chapter 1. Introduction to Data = 26
• Case Study-Deadly Cell Phones? = 27
• 1.1 What Are Data? = 28
• 1.2 Classifying and Storing Data = 30
• 1.3 Organizing Categorical Data = 34
• 1.4 Collecting Data to Understand Causality = 39
• Exploring Statistics-Collecting a Table of Different Kinds of Data = 49
• Chapter 2. Picturing Variation with Graphs = 60
• Case Study-Student-to-Teacher Ratio at Colleges = 61
• 2.1 Visualizing Variation in Numerical Data = 62
• 2.2 Summarizing Important Features of a Numerical Distribution = 67
• 2.3 Visualizing Variation in Categorical Variables = 75
• 2.4 Summarizing Categorical Distributions = 78
• 2.5 Interpreting Graphs = 81
• Exploring Statistics-Personal Distance = 85
• Chapter 3. Numerical Summaries of Center and Variation = 106
• Case Study-Living in a Risky World = 107
• 3.1 Summaries for Symmetric Distributions = 108
• 3.2 What's Unusual? The Empirical Rule and z-Scores = 118
• 3.3 Summaries for Skewed Distributions = 123
• 3.4 Comparing Measures of Center = 130
• 3.5 Using Boxplots for Displaying Summaries = 135
• Exploring Statistics-Does Reaction Distance Depend on Gender? = 142
• Chapter 4. Regression Analysis : Exploring Associations between Variables = 166
• Case Study-Catching Meter Thieves = 167
• 4.1 Visualizing Variability with a Scatterplot = 168
• 4.2 Measuring Strength of Association with Correlation = 172
• 4.3 Modeling Linear Trends = 180
• 4.4 Evaluating the Linear Model = 193
• Exploring Statistics-Guessing the Age of Famous People = 201
• Chapter 5. Modeling Variation with Probability = 228
• Case Study-SIDS or Murder? = 229
• 5.1 What Is Randomness? = 230
• 5.2 Finding Theoretical Probabilities = 233
• 5.3 Associations in Categorical Variables = 242
• 5.4 Finding Empirical Probabilities = 252
• Exploring Statistics-Let's Make a Deal : Stay or Switch? = 257
• Chapter 6. Modeling Random Events : The Normal and Binomial Models = 272
• Case Study-You Sometimes Get More Than You Pay For = 273
• 6.1 Probability Distributions Are Models of Random Experiments = 274
• 6.2 The Normal Model = 279
• 6.3 The Binomial Model (optional) = 292
• Exploring Statistics-ESP with Coin Flipping = 307
• Chapter 7. Survey Sampling and Inference = 324
• Case Study-Spring Break Fever : Just What the Doctors Ordered? = 325
• 7.1 Learning about the World through Surveys = 326
• 7.2 Measuring the Quality of a Survey = 332
• 7.3 The Central Limit Theorem for Sample Proportions = 340
• 7.4 Estimating the Population Proportion with Confidence Intervals = 347
• 7.5 Comparing Two Population Proportions with Confidence = 354
• Exploring Statistics-Simple Random Sampling Prevents Bias = 361
• Chapter 8. Hypothesis Testing for Population Proportions = 378
• Case Study-Dodging the Question = 379
• 8.1 The Essential Ingredients of Hypothesis Testing = 380
• 8.2 Hypothesis Testing in Four Steps = 387
• 8.3 Hypothesis Tests in Detail = 396
• 8.4 Comparing Proportions from Two Populations = 403
• Exploring Statistics-Identifying Flavors of Gum through Smell = 411
• Chapter 9. Inferring Population Means = 428
• Case Study-Epilepsy Drugs and Children = 429
• 9.1 Sample Means of Random Samples = 430
• 9.2 The Central Limit Theorem for Sample Means = 434
• 9.3 Answering Questions about the Mean of a Population = 441
• 9.4 Hypothesis Testing for Means = 451
• 9.5 Comparing Two Population Means = 457
• 9.6 Overview of Analyzing Means = 472
• Exploring Statistics-Pulse Rates = 476
• Chapter 10. Analyzing Categorical Variables and Interpreting Research = 500
• Case Study-Popping Better Popcorn = 501
• 10.1 The Basic Ingredients for Testing with Categorical Variables = 502
• 10.2 Chi-Square Tests for Associations between Categorical Variables = 509
• 10.3 Reading Research Papers = 518
• Exploring Statistics-Skittles = 527
• Appendix A. Tables = 543
• Appendix B. Check Your Tech Answers = 551
• Appendix C. Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises = 553
• Appendix D. Credits = 575
• Index = 577