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Informed Decisions Using Data

Onbekend Engels 2018 2e druk 9780135240090
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ISBN13:9780135240090
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:onbekend
Aantal pagina's:9998
Uitgever:Pearson Education (US)
Druk:2

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I: GETTING THE INFORMATION YOU NEED
  1. Data Collection
    • 1.1 Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
    • 1.2 Observational Studies versus Designed Experiments
    • 1.3 Simple Random Sampling
    • 1.4 Other Effective Sampling Methods
    • 1.5 Bias in Sampling
    • 1.6 The Design of Experiments
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: What College Should I Attend?
    • Case Study: Chrysalises for Cash
II: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
  1. Organizing and Summarizing Data
    • 2.1 Organizing Qualitative Data
    • 2.2 Organizing Quantitative Data: The Popular Displays
    • 2.3 Additional Displays of Quantitative Data
    • 2.4 Graphical Misrepresentations of Data
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: Tables or Graphs?
    • Case Study: The Day the Sky Roared
  2. Numerically Summarizing Data
    • 3.1 Measures of Central Tendency
    • 3.2 Measures of Dispersion
    • 3.3 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion from Grouped Data
    • 3.4 Measures of Position
    • 3.5 The Five-Number Summary and Boxplots
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: What Car Should I Buy?
    • Case Study: Who Was “A Mourner”?
  3. Describing the Relation Between Two Variables
    • 4.1 Scatter Diagrams and Correlation
    • 4.2 Least-Squares Regression
    • 4.3 Diagnostics on the Least-Squares Regression Line
    • 4.4 Contingency Tables and Association
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: Relationships Among Variables on a World Scale
    • Case Study: Thomas Malthus, Population, and Subsistence
III: PROBABILITY AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
  1. Probability
    • 5.1 Probability Rules
    • 5.2 The Addition Rule and Complements
    • 5.3 Independence and the Multiplication Rule
    • 5.4 Conditional Probability and the General Multiplication Rule
    • 5.5 Counting Techniques
    • 5.6 Simulation
    • 5.7 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use?
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: What Are the Effects of Drinking and Driving?
    • Case Study: The Case of the Body in the Bag
  2. Discrete Probability Distributions
    • 6.1 Discrete Random Variables
    • 6.2 The Binomial Probability Distribution
    • 6.3 The Poisson Probability Distribution
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: Should We Convict?
    • Case Study: The Voyage of the St. Andrew
  3. The Normal Probability Distribution
    • 7.1 Properties of the Normal Distribution
    • 7.2 Applications of the Normal Distribution
    • 7.3 Assessing Normality
    • 7.4 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Probability Distribution
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: What Stock Do I Pick?
    • Case Study: A Tale of Blood, Chemistry, and Health
IV: INFERENCE – FROM SAMPLES TO POPULATION
  1. Sampling Distributions
    • 8.1 Distribution of the Sample Mean
    • 8.2 Distribution of the Sample Proportion
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: How Would You Break Down Your Day?
    • Case Study: Sampling Distribution of the Median
  2. Estimating the Value of a Parameter Using Confidence Intervals
    • 9.1 Estimating a Population Proportion
    • 9.2 Estimating a Population Mean
    • 9.3 Putting It Together: Which Procedure Do I Use?
    • 9.4 Estimating with Bootstrapping
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: How Much Should I Spend for this House?
    • Case Study: When Model Requirements Fail
  3. Hypothesis Tests Regarding a Parameter
    • 10.1 The Language of Hypothesis Testing
    • 10.2A Hypothesis Tests on a Population Proportion with Simulation
    • 10.2B Hypothesis Tests on a Population Proportion Using the Normal Model
    • 10.3A Using Simulation/Bootstrapping in Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean
    • 10.3B Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean
    • 10.4 Putting It Together: Which Procedure Do I Use?
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: Selecting a Mutual Fund
    • Case Study: How Old Is Stonehenge?
  4. Inference on Two Samples
    • 11.1A Using Randomization Techniques to Compare Two Proportions
    • 11.1 Inference about Two Population Proportions: Independent Samples
    • 11.2A Using Bootstrapping to Conduct Inference on Two Dependent Means
    • 11.2 Inference about Two Population Means: Dependent Samples
    • 11.3A Using Randomization Techniques to Compare Two Independent Means
    • 11.3 Inference about Two Population Means: Independent Samples
    • 11.4 Putting It Together: Which Procedure Do I Use?
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: Which Car Should I Buy?
    • Case Study: Control in the Design of Experiment
  5. Inference on Categorical Data
    • 12.1 Goodness-of-Fit Test
    • 12.2 Tests for Independence and the Homogeneity of Proportions
    • 12.3 Inference about Two Population Proportions: Dependent Samples
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: What Are the Benefits of College?
    • Case Study: Feeling Lucky? Well, Are You?
  6. Comparing Three or More Means
    • 13.1 Comparing Three or More Means: One-Way Analysis of Variance
    • 13.2 Post-Hoc Tests on One-Way Analysis of Variance
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: Where Should I Invest?
    • Case Study: Hat Size and Intelligence
  7. Inference of the Least-Squares Regression Model
    • 14.1A Using Randomization Techniques on the Slope of the Least-Squares Regression Line
    • 14.1 Testing the Significance of the Least-Squares Regression Model
    • 14.2 Confidence and Prediction Intervals
    • Chapter Review
    • Chapter Test
    • Making an Informed Decision: Buying a Home
    • Case Study: Housing Boom
APPENDICES
  • A. Tables
  • B. Lines
  • C. Additional Topics
    • C.1 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Probability Distribution
    • C.2 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation
    • C.3 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Standard Deviation

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