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Content
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
10.1. Goodness-of-Fit Test
10.2. Independence
Case Study: Food Safety Survey
10.3. Comparing Two Variances
10.4. Analysis of Variance
Uses and Abuses
Chapter Summary
Review Exercises
Chapter Quiz
Chapter Test
Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together
Technology: Teacher Salaries
Cumulative Review: Chapters 9 and 10
11. Nonparametric Tests
(Online Only: Download from MyStatLab or www.pearsonhighered.com/mathstatsresources)
11.1. The Sign Test
11.2. The Wilcoxon Tests
Case Study: College Ranks
11.3. The Kruskal-Wallis Test
11.4. Rank Correlation
11.5. The Runs Test
Uses and Abuses
Chapter Summary
Review Exercises
Chapter Quiz
Chapter Test
Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together
Technology: U.S. Income and Economic
Research
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
10.1. Goodness-of-Fit Test
10.2. Independence
Case Study: Food Safety Survey
10.3. Comparing Two Variances
10.4. Analysis of Variance
Uses and Abuses
Chapter Summary
Review Exercises
Chapter Quiz
Chapter Test
Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together
Technology: Teacher Salaries
Cumulative Review: Chapters 9 and 10
11. Nonparametric Tests
(Online Only: Download from MyStatLab or www.pearsonhighered.com/mathstatsresources)
11.1. The Sign Test
11.2. The Wilcoxon Tests
Case Study: College Ranks
11.3. The Kruskal-Wallis Test
11.4. Rank Correlation
11.5. The Runs Test
Uses and Abuses
Chapter Summary
Review Exercises
Chapter Quiz
Chapter Test
Real Statistics-Real Decisions-Putting It All Together
Technology: U.S. Income and Economic
Research