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Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics 1
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Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics 14
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Chapter 3 Probability 105
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Chapter 4 Discrete Probability Distributions 140
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Chapter 6 Confidence Intervals 226
Chapter 7 Hypothesis Testing with One Sample 255
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Chapter 8 Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples 308
Chapter 9 Correlation and Regression 355
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Chapter 10 Chi-Square Tests and the F-Distribution 407
Chapter 11 Nonparametric Tests 466
Chapter 6 Alternate (Online) Confidence Intervals 517
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Appendix A Alternative Presentation of the Standard 546
Normal Distribution
Appendix C Normal Probability Plots 547
Activities 548
Case Studies 557
Uses and Abuses 584
Real Statistics−Real Decisions 596
Technology 611
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