Critical Thinking Workbook, Student Edition for use with Elementary Statistics: A Step-By-Step Approach

by Bluman, Allan G.; Condor, James A.

• ISBN13: 9780072549133
• ISBN10: 0072549130
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-03
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Stopping on a Dollar	1	(1)
Attendance and Grades	2	(1)
Safe Travel	3	(1)
American Culture and Drug Abuse	4	(1)
Just a Pinch Between Your Cheek and Gum	5	(1)
More Smoke Than You Think	6	(1)
Which Graph to Use	7	(1)
After School Activities	8	(1)
Selling Real Estate	9	(1)
Leading Causes of Death	10	(1)
Sports Drinks	11	(1)
College Tuition	12	(1)
Teacher Salaries	13	(1)
Blood Pressure	14	(1)
Determining Dosages	15	(1)
The Noisy Workplace	16	(1)
Men's Fragrances	17	(1)
Playing the Lottery	18	(1)
Tossing a Coin	19	(1)
Which Pain Reliever is Best?	20	(1)
Guilty or Innocent?	21	(1)
How Many Ways Could There Be?	22	(1)
Garage Door Openers	23	(1)
Seating Arrangements	24	(1)
Which Method to Use	25	(1)
Subtle Differences	26	(1)
Misleading Words	27	(1)
Drinking and Driving	28	(1)
Dropping College Courses	29	(1)
Expected Value	30	(1)
Unsanitary Restaurants	31	(1)
How Safe Are You?	32	(1)
Choosing the Best Distribution	33	(1)
Average Income	34	(1)
Normal Health	35	(1)
The Z-Score	36	(1)
Smart People	37	(1)
Central Limit Theorem	38	(1)
How Safe Are You?	39	(1)
The Problem with Normal	40	(1)
Contracting Influenza	41	(1)
Making Decisions with Confidence Intervals	42	(1)
Sport Drink Decision	43	(1)
Deceiving Standard Errors	44	(1)
Fighting Depression	45	(1)
Hazards of Smoking	46	(1)
Eggs and Your Health	47	(1)
Quitting Smoking	48	(1)
Bee Sting Therapy	49	(1)
Men's Fragrances	50	(1)
Hair Control	51	(1)
Testing Gas Mileage Claims	52	(1)
Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing	53	(1)
How Much Nicotine is in Those Cigarettes?	54	(1)
Does Replication Confirm?	55	(1)
Artificial Sweeteners and Your Health	56	(1)
Variability and Automatic Transmissions	57	(1)
Too Long on the Telephone	58	(1)
Memorizing and Familiarity	59	(1)
Jobs and Parenting	60	(1)
Reducing Drug Abuse	61	(1)
Salt and Blood Pressure	62	(1)
Stopping Distances	63	(1)
Math Confirms It	64	(2)
Stopping Distances Revisited	66	(1)
Interpreting Simple Linear Regression Outputs	67	(1)
More Math Means More Money	68	(1)
Horsepower and Price	69	(4)
New Car Colors	73	(1)
Never the Same Amounts	74	(1)
Satellite Dishes in Restricted Areas	75	(1)
Categorizing Continuous Data	76	(1)
Computer-Aided Instruction	77	(1)
One Bad Apple	78	(1)
Colors That Make You Smarter	79	(1)
Tradition or Technology?	80	(1)
Automobile Sales Techniques	81	(2)
High School Crimes	83	(1)
Better Safe Than Sorry	84	(1)
No Pain No Gain?	85	(1)
Side Effects from Medication	86	(1)
Memorizing and Familiarity	87	(1)
High School Suspensions	88	(1)
Does More Math Mean More Money?	89	(1)
Predicting Radioactive Waste Movement	90	(1)
Smoking Bans and Profits	91	(1)
The White or Wheat Bread Debate	92	(1)
Traditional Family Values	93	(1)
Simulations	94	(1)
Monte Carlo Methods	95	(1)
Surveying Americans	96	(1)
Solutions	97