Statistics : Informed Decisions Using Data

by Sullivan, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780131871496
• ISBN10: 0131871498
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover w/CD
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

For algebra-based Introductory Statistics Courses.This very popular text is written to promote student success while maintaining the statistical integrity of the course. The author draws on his teaching experience and background in statistics and mathematics to achieve this balance. Three fundamental objectives motivate this text: (1) to generate and maintain student interest, thereby promoting student success and confidence; (2) to provide extensive and effective opportunity for student practice; (3) Allowing for flexibility of teaching styles. Datasets and other resources (where applicable) for this book are available here .

Table of Contents

Preface to the Instructor	xi
Student Resources	xxi
List of Applications	xxiii
Photo Credits	xxix
Part I: Getting the Information You Need	1	(58)
Data Collection	2	(57)
Introduction to the Practice of Statistics	3	(10)
Observational Studies, Experiments, and Simple Random Sampling	13	(10)
Other Effective Sampling Methods	23	(10)
Sources of Error in Sampling	33	(7)
The Design of Experiments	40	(19)
Chapter Review	52	(4)
Case Study: Chrysalises for Cash	56	(3)
Part II: Descriptive Statistics	59	(190)
Organizing and Summarizing Data	60	(60)
Organizing Qualitative Data	61	(16)
Organizing Quantitative Data: The Popular Displays	77	(20)
Additional Displays of Quantitative Data	97	(7)
Graphical Misrepresentations of Data	104	(16)
Chapter Review	110	(8)
Case Study: The Day the Sky Roared	118	(2)
Numerically Summarizing Data	120	(74)
Measures of Central Tendency	121	(16)
Measures of Dispersion	137	(20)
Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion from Grouped Data	157	(8)
Measures of Position	165	(10)
The Five-Number Summary and Boxplots	175	(19)
Chapter Review	184	(7)
Case Study: Who Was `A Mourner'?	191	(3)
Describing the Relation between Two Variables	194	(55)
Scatter Diagrams and Correlation	195	(17)
Least-Squares Regression	212	(14)
Diagnostics on the Least-Squares Regression Line	226
Nonlinear Regression: Transformations (On CD)	1	(248)
Chapter Review	241	(6)
Case Study: Thomas Malthus, Population, and Subsistence	247	(2)
Part III: Probability and Probability Distributions	249	(166)
Probability	250	(64)
Probability Rules	251	(15)
The Addition Rule and Complements	266	(11)
Independence and the Multiplication Rule	277	(6)
Conditional Probability and the General Multiplication Rule	283	(10)
Counting Techniques	293
Bayes's Rule (ON CD)	1	(313)
Chapter Review	307	(5)
Case Study: The Case of the Body in the Bag	312	(2)
Discrete Probability Distributions	314	(44)
Discrete Random Variables	315	(13)
The Binomial Probability Distribution	328	(17)
The Poisson Probability Distribution	345
The Hypergeometric Probability Distribution (ON CD)	1	(357)
Chapter Review	352	(4)
Case Study: The Voyage of the St. Andrew	356	(2)
The Normal Probability Distribution	358	(57)
Properties of the Normal Distribution	359	(12)
The Standard Normal Distribution	371	(14)
Applications of the Normal Distribution	385	(9)
Assessing Normality	394	(8)
The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Probability Distribution	402	(13)
Chapter Review	407	(5)
Case Study: A Tale of Blood, Chemistry, and Health	412	(3)
Part IV: Inference: From Samples to Population	415
Sampling Distributions	416	(30)
Distribution of the Sample Mean	417	(17)
Distribution of the Sample Proportion	434	(12)
Chapter Review	442	(2)
Case Study: Sampling Distribution of the Median	444	(2)
Estimating the Value of a Parameter Using Confidence Intervals	446	(58)
The Logic in Constructing Confidence Intervals about a Population Mean Where the Population Standard Deviation is Known	447	(19)
Confidence Intervals about a Population Mean in Practice Where the Population Standard Deviation is Unknown	466	(12)
Confidence Intervals about a Population Proportion	478	(8)
Confidence Intervals about a Population Standard Deviation	486	(7)
Putting It All Together: Which Method Do I Use?	493	(11)
Chapter Review	497	(5)
Case Study: The Search for a Fire-Safe Cigarette	502	(2)
Testing Claims Regarding a Parameter	504	(70)
The Language of Hypothesis Testing	505	(8)
Testing Claims about a Population Mean Assuming the Population Standard Deviation Is Known	513	(18)
Testing Claims about a Population Mean in Practice	531	(13)
Testing Claims about a Population Proportion	544	(9)
Testing Claims about a Population Standard Deviation	553	(5)
Putting It All Together: Which Method Do I Use?	558	(3)
The Probability of a Type II Error and the Power of the Test	561	(13)
Chapter Review	567	(4)
Case Study: How Old Is Stonehenge?	571	(3)
Inference on Two Samples	574	(56)
Inference about Two Means: Dependent Samples	575	(13)
Inference about Two Means: Independent Samples	588	(13)
Inference about Two Population Proportions	601	(11)
Inference about Two Population Standard Deviations	612	(18)
Chapter Review	623	(5)
Case Study: Control in the Design of an Experiment	628	(2)
Inference on Categorical Data	630	(46)
Goodness of Fit Test	631	(10)
Contingency Tables and Association	641	(10)
Tests for Independence and the Homogeneity of Proportions	651	(25)
Chapter Review	668	(6)
Case Study: Feeling Lucky? Well, Are You?	674	(2)
Comparing Three or More Means	676	(60)
Comparing Three or More Means (One-Way Analysis of Variance)	677	(14)
Post-Hoc Tests on One-Way Analysis of Variance	691	(10)
The Randomized Complete Block Design	701	(10)
Two-Way Analysis of Variance	711	(25)
Chapter Review	728	(6)
Case Study: Hat Size and Intelligence	734	(2)
Inference on the Least-Squares Regression Model and Multiple Regression	736
Testing the Significance of the Least-Squares Regression Model	737	(16)
Confidence and Prediction Intervals	753	(5)
Multiple Regression	758
Chapter Review	783	(5)
Case Study: Housing Boom	788
Nonparametrics (ON CD)
An Overview of Nonparametric Statistics
Runs Test for Randomness
Inferences about Measures of Central Tendency
Inferences about the Difference between Two Medians: Dependent Samples
Inferences about the Difference between Two Medians: Independent Samples
Spearman's Rank-Correlation Test
Kruskal-Wallis Test
Chapter Review
Case Study: Evaluating Alabama's 1891 House Bill 504
Appendix A Tables	1	(1)
Appendix B Lines (On CD)	1	(1)
Answers	1	(1)
Index	1