Statistics A Guide to the Unknown

by Peck, Roxy; Casella, George; Cobb, George W.; Hoerl, Roger; Nolan, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9780534372828
• ISBN10: 0534372821
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-28
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

STATISTICS: A GUIDE TO THE UNKNOWN offers a collection of intriguing essays that describe the important applications of statistics and probability. Instead of teaching methods, the essays illustrate past accomplishments and current uses of statistics and probability. Examples of surveys, questionnaires, experiments, and observational studies help you better understand the importance of and the influence of statistics.

Table of Contents

Essays Classified by Data Source	vi
Essays Classified by Statistical Method	ix
Preface	xv
Introduction: Learning from Data	xvii
David S. Moore
Part One Public Policy and Social Science	1	(102)
Statistics in the Courtroom: United States v. Kristen Gilbert	3	(16)
George Cobb
Stephen Gehlbach
The Anatomy of a Preelection Poll	19	(16)
Edward C. Ratledge
Counting and Apportionment: Foundations of America's Democracy	35	(34)
Tommy Wright
George Cobb
Evaluating School Choice Programs	69	(20)
Jennifer Hill
Designing National Health Care Surveys to Inform Health Policy	89	(14)
Steven B. Cohen
Trena M. Ezzati-Rice
Part Two Science and Technology	103	(92)
Monitoring Tiger Prey Abundance in the Russian Far East	105	(14)
Ken Gerow
Dale Miquelle
V. V. Aramilev
Predicting the Africanized Bee Invasion	119	(16)
James H. Matis
Thomas R. Kiffe
Statistics and the War on Spam	135	(14)
David Madigan
Should You Measure the Radon Concentration in Your Home?	149	(22)
Phillip N. Price
Andrew Gelman
Statistical Weather Forecasting	171	(12)
Daniel S. Wilks
Space Debris: Yet Another Environmental Problem	183	(12)
David R. Brillinger
Part Three Biology and Medicine	195	(96)
Modeling an Outbreak of Anthrax	197	(14)
Ron Brookmeyer
The Last Frontier: Understanding the Human Mind	211	(16)
William F. Eddy
Margaret L. Smykla
Leveraging Chance in HIV Research	227	(16)
Charles M. Heilig
Elizabeth G. Hill
John M. Karon
Statistical Genetics: Associating Genotypic Differences with Measurable Outcomes	243	(12)
Rongling Wu
George Casella
DNA Fingerprinting	255	(16)
Bruce S. Weir
How Many Genes? Mapping Mouse Traits	271	(20)
Melanie Bahlo
Terry Speed
Part Four Business and Industry	291	(100)
To Catch a Thief: Detecting Cell Phone Fraud	293	(14)
Diane Lambert
Jose C. Pinheiro
Reducing Junk Mail Using Data Mining Techniques	307	(16)
Richard D. De Veaux
Herb Edelstein
Improving the Accuracy of a Newspaper: A Six Sigma Case Study of Business Process Improvement	323	(16)
Ronald D. Snee
Assuring Product Reliability and Safety	339	(20)
Necip Doganaksoy
Gerald J. Hahn
William Q. Meeker
Randomness in the Stock Market	359	(14)
Richard J. Cleary
Norean Radke Sharpe
Advertising as an Engineering Science	373	(18)
William Kahn
Leonard Roseman
Part Five Hobbies and Recreation	391	(34)
Baseball Decision Making by the Numbers	393	(14)
Hal Stern
Predicting the Quality and Prices of Bordeaux Wines	407	(18)
Orley Ashenfelter
Index	425