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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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11.2 The Wilcoxon Tests .......................................................................................................................................... 327
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11.3 The Kruskal-Wallis Test ................................................................................................................................. 333
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11.4 Rank Correlation................................................................................................................................................. 337
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11.5 The Runs Test .................................................................................................................................................... 344
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1.1 An Overview of Statistics
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