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ELEMENTARY STATISTICS Picturing
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CHAPTER. 1 Introduction to Statistics ................................................................................................4
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1.1 An Overview of Statistics ..................................................................................................................................... 4
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1.2 Data Classification ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
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1.3 Data Collection and Experimental Design ..................................................................................................... 7
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CHAPTER. 2 Descriptive Statistics ........................................................................................................ 13
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2.1 Frequency Distributions and Their Graphs................................................................................................. 13
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2.2 More Graphs and Displays ................................................................................................................................ 19
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2.3 Measures of Central Tendency ........................................................................................................................ 25
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2.4 Measures of Variation .......................................................................................................................................... 33
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2.5 Measures of Position............................................................................................................................................. 43
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CHAPTER. 3 Probability ............................................................................................................................... 73
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3.1 Basic Concepts of Probability and Counting ............................................................................................. 73
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3.2 Conditional Probability and the Multiplication Rule ................................................................................ 82
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3.3 The Addition Rule .................................................................................................................................................. 86
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3.4 Additional Topics in Probability and Counting ......................................................................................... 94
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CHAPTER. 4 Discrete Probability Distributions ......................................................................... 103
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4.1 Probability Distributions ...................................................................................................................................... 103
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4.2 Binomial Distributions ......................................................................................................................................... 111
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4.3 More Discrete Probability Distributions ....................................................................................................... 118
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CHAPTER. 5 Normal Probability Distributions ........................................................................... 128
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5.1 Introduction to Normal Distributions and the Standard Normal Distribution......................... 128
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5.2 Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities ............................................................................................... 132
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5.3 Normal Distributions: Finding Values .......................................................................................................... 134
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5.4 Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem .................................................................... 139
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5.5 Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions ................................................................................ 144
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CHAPTER. 6 Confidence Intervals ..................................................................................................... 155
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6.1 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Large Samples) ......................................................................... 155
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6.2 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Small Samples)......................................................................... 158
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6.3 Confidence Intervals for Population Proportions ................................................................................... 161
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6.4 Confidence Intervals for Variance and Standard Deviation ............................................................ 164
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CHAPTER. 7 Hypothesis Testing with One Sample ............................................................... 172
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7.1 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing.............................................................................................................. 172
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7.2 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (Large Samples) ............................................................................ 176
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7.3 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (Small Samples) ............................................................................ 179
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7.4 Hypothesis Testing for Proportions .............................................................................................................. 183
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7.5 Hypothesis Testing for Variance and Standard Deviation ............................................................... 185
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CHAPTER. 8 Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples ............................................................ 199
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8.1 Testing the Difference Between Means (Large Independent Samples) ..................................... 199
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8.2 Testing the Difference Between Means (Small Independent Samples) ..................................... 209
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8.3 Testing the Difference Between Means (Dependent Samples) ...................................................... 218
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8.4 Testing the Difference Between Proportions ........................................................................................... 225
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CHAPTER. 9 Correlation and Regression ...................................................................................... 236
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9.1 Correlation ................................................................................................................................................................ 236
9.2 Linear Regression ................................................................................................................................................. 245
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9.3 Measures of Regression and Prediction Intervals ................................................................................ 256
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9.4 Multiple Regression .............................................................................................................................................. 264
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CHAPTER. 10 Chi-Square Tests and the F-Distribution ...................................................... 274
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10.1 Goodness-of-Fit Test ....................................................................................................................................... 274
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10.2 Independence ....................................................................................................................................................... 282
10.3 Comparing Two Variances ............................................................................................................................. 292
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10.4 Analysis of Variance ......................................................................................................................................... 300
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CHAPTER. 11 Nonparametric Tests................................................................................................... 319
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11.1 The Sign Test ..................................................................................................................................................... 319
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11.2 The Wilcoxon Tests ........................................................................................................................................... 327
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11.4 Rank Correlation ................................................................................................................................................. 337
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11.5 The Runs Test .................................................................................................................................................... 344
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