Elementary Statistics Picturing The World

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PART ONE. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

1. Introduction to Statistics

1.1. An Overview of Statistics

1.2. Data Classification

Case Study: Rating Television Shows in the

United States

1.3. Data Collection and Experimental Design

Activity: Random Numbers

Uses and Abuses

Chapter Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Quiz

Chapter Test

Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together

History of Statistics-Timeline

Technology: Using Technology in Statistics

2. Descriptive Statistics

2.1. Frequency Distributions and Their Graphs

2.2. More Graphs and Displays

2.3. Measures of Central Tendency

Activity: Mean Versus Median

2.4. Measures of Variation

Activity: Standard Deviation

Case Study: Business Size

2.5. Measures of Position

Uses and Abuses

Chapter Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Quiz

Chapter Test

Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together

Technology: Parking Tickets

Using Technology to Determine Descriptive

Statistics

Cumulative Review: Chapters 1 and 2

PART TWO. PROBABILITY & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

3. Probability

3.1. Basic Concepts of Probability and Counting

Activity: Simulating the Stock Market

3.2. Conditional Probability and the Multiplication Rule

3.3. The Addition Rule

Activity: Simulating the Probability of Rolling a 3 or 4

Case Study: United States Congress

3.4. Additional Topics in Probability and Counting

Uses and Abuses

Chapter Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Quiz

Chapter Test

Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together

Technology: Simulation: Composing Mozart

Variations with Dice

4. Discrete Probability Distributions

4.1. Probability Distributions

4.2. Binomial Distributions

Activity: Binomial Distribution

Case Study: Distribution of Number of Hits in

Baseball Games

4.3. More Discrete Probability Distributions

Uses and Abuses

Chapter Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Quiz

Chapter Test

Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together

Technology: Simulation: Using Poisson

Distributions as Queuing Models

5. Normal Probability Distributions

5.1. Introduction to Normal Distributions and the Standard Normal Distribution

5.2. Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities

5.3. Normal Distributions: Finding Values

Case Study: Birth Rates in America

5.4. Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem

Activity: Sampling Distributions

5.5. Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions

Uses and Abuses

Chapter Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Quiz

Chapter Test

Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together

Technology: Simulation: Age Distribution in the

United States

Cumulative Review: Chapters 3 to 5

PART THREE. STATISTICAL INFERENCE

6. Confidence Intervals

6.1. Confidence Intervals for the Mean (¡ Known)

6.2. Confidence Intervals for the Mean (¡ Unknown)

Activity: Confidence Intervals for a Mean

Case Study: Marathon Training

6.3. Confidence Intervals for Population Proportions

Activity: Confidence Intervals for a Proportion

6.4. Confidence Intervals for Variance and Standard Deviation

Uses and Abuses

Chapter Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Quiz

Chapter Test

Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together

Technology: Simulation: Most Admired Polls

Using Technology to Construct Confidence

Intervals

7. Hypothesis Testing with One Sample

7.1. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

7.2. Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (¡ Known)

7.3. Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (¡ Unknown)

Activity: Hypothesis Test for a Mean

Case Study: Human Body Temperature: What's

Normal?

7.4. Hypothesis Testing for Proportions

Activity: Hypothesis Test for a Proportion

7.5. Hypothesis Testing for Variance and Standard Deviation

A Summary of Hypothesis Testing

Uses and Abuses

Chapter Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Quiz

Chapter Test

Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together

Technology: The Case of the Vanishing Women

Using Technology to Perform Hypothesis Tests

8. Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples

8.1. Testing the Difference Between Means (Independent Samples, ¡₁ and ¡₂ Known)

8.2. Testing the Difference Between Means (Independent Samples, ¡₁ and ¡₂ Unknown)

8.3. Testing the Difference Between Means (Dependent Samples)

8.4. Testing the Difference Between Proportions

A Summary of Hypothesis Testing

Uses and Abuses

Chapter Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Quiz

Chapter Test

Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together

Technology: Tails over Heads

Using Technology to Perform Two-Sample

Hypothesis Tests

Cumulative Review: Chapters 6 to 8

PART FOUR. MORE STATISTICAL INFERENCE

9. Correlation and Regression

9.1 Correlation

Activity: Correlation by Eye

9.2. Linear Regression

Activity: Regression by Eye

Case Study: Correlation by Body Measurements

9.3. Measures of Regression and Prediction Intervals

9.4. Multiple Regression

A Summary of Hypothesis Testing

Uses and Abuses

Chapter Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Quiz

Chapter Test

Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together

Technology: Nutrients in Breakfast Cereals

10. Chi-Square Tests and the F-Distribution