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PART ONE. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS1. Introduction to Statistics1.1. An Overview of Statistics1.2. Data Classification Case Study: Rating Television Shows in the United States1.3. Data Collection and Experimental Design Activity: Random Numbers Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together History of Statistics-Timeline Technology: Using Technology in Statistics2. Descriptive Statistics2.1. Frequency Distributions and Their Graphs2.2. More Graphs and Displays2.3. Measures of Central Tendency Activity: Mean Versus Median2.4. Measures of Variation Activity: Standard Deviation Case Study: Business Size2.5. Measures of Position Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Parking Tickets Using Technology to Determine Descriptive StatisticsCumulative Review: Chapters 1 and 2PART TWO. PROBABILITY & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS3. Probability3.1. Basic Concepts of Probability and Counting Activity: Simulating the Stock Market3.2. Conditional Probability and the Multiplication Rule3.3. The Addition Rule Activity: Simulating the Probability of Rolling a 3 or 4 Case Study: United States Congress3.4. Additional Topics in Probability and Counting Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Simulation: Composing Mozart Variations with Dice4. Discrete Probability Distributions4.1. Probability Distributions4.2. Binomial Distributions Activity: Binomial Distribution Case Study: Distribution of Number of Hits in Baseball Games4.3. More Discrete Probability Distributions Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Simulation: Using Poisson Distributions as Queuing Models5. Normal Probability Distributions5.1. Introduction to Normal Distributions and the Standard Normal Distribution5.2. Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities5.3. Normal Distributions: Finding Values Case Study: Birth Rates in America5.4. Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem Activity: Sampling Distributions5.5. Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Simulation: Age Distribution in the United StatesCumulative Review: Chapters 3 to 5PART THREE. STATISTICAL INFERENCE6. Confidence Intervals6.1. Confidence Intervals for the Mean ( Known)6.2. Confidence Intervals for the Mean ( Unknown) Activity: Confidence Intervals for a Mean Case Study: Marathon Training6.3. Confidence Intervals for Population Proportions Activity: Confidence Intervals for a Proportion6.4. Confidence Intervals for Variance and Standard Deviation Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Simulation: Most Admired Polls Using Technology to Construct Confidence Intervals7. Hypothesis Testing with One Sample7.1. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing7.2. 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 Proportion7.5. Hypothesis Testing for Variance and Standard DeviationA Summary of Hypothesis Testing Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: The Case of the Vanishing Women Using Technology to Perform Hypothesis Tests8. Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples8.1. 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 ProportionsA Summary of Hypothesis Testing Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Tails over Heads Using Technology to Perform Two-Sample Hypothesis TestsCumulative Review: Chapters 6 to 8PART FOUR. MORE STATISTICAL INFERENCE9. Correlation and Regression9.1 Correlation Activity: Correlation by Eye9.2. Linear Regression Activity: Regression by Eye Case Study: Correlation by Body Measurements9.3. Measures of Regression and Prediction Intervals9.4. Multiple RegressionA Summary of Hypothesis Testing Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Nutrients in Breakfast Cereals10. Chi-Square Tests and the F-Distribution10.1. Goodness-of-Fit Test10.2. Independence Case Study: Food Safety Survey10.3. Comparing Two Variances10.4. Analysis of Variance Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: Teacher SalariesCumulative Review: Chapters 9 and 1011. Nonparametric Tests(Online Only: Download from MyStatLab or www.pearsonhighered.com/mathstatsresources)11.1. The Sign Test11.2. The Wilcoxon Tests Case Study: College Ranks11.3. The Kruskal-Wallis Test11.4. Rank Correlation11.5. The Runs Test Uses and AbusesChapter SummaryReview ExercisesChapter QuizChapter Test Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together Technology: U.S. Income and Economic Research
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ISBN
9781292069012
Publisert
2014-09-30
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6. utgave
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Vendor
Pearson Education Limited
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1344 gr
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275 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
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Engelsk
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