Applying and Interpreting Statistics

The Importance of Statistics in an Informatin Based World * Data: The Factual Information * Statistical Models: The Experimenter's View * Comparing Model and Data * Probability: A Fundamental Tool of Statistics * Some Widely Used Statistical Models * Some Important Statistics and Their Sampling Distributions * Statistical Analysis: The Statisticians' View * Examining Proportions and Success Rates * Model and Data Checking * Questions About the Average Value * Comparing Two Groups, Treatments or Processes * Comparative Studies, Surveys and Designed Experiments * Comparing More Than Two Treatments or Groups * Comparing Mean Response When There Are Three or More Treatments * Comparing Patterns of Response: Frequency Tables * Studying Relations Between Variables * Prediction and Estimation: The Role of Explanatory Variables * Questions About Variability * Cause and Effect: Statistical Perspectives * Studying Changes in Response Over Time