Workshop Statistics : Discovery with Data

by Rossman, Allan J.; Chance, Beth L.

• ISBN13: 9781930190030
• ISBN10: 1930190034
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The publication of the first editions of Workshop Statistics (part of the FIPSE and NSF funded Workshop Mathematics Project at Dickinson College) in its three versions established the texts as the most popular for courses stressing active learning in introductory statistics. Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data 2nd edition features new pedagogical ideas that have proven to be successful with instructors and students. The Workshop approach fosters active learning, and eliminates the distinction between the conventional lecture and laboratory. Using this method every student is actively engaged in learning the material through reading, thinking, discussing, computing, interpreting, and writing. This approach is also well suited to collaborative learning, and stresses the importance of developing communication skills.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Preface to the First Edition	xiii
To the Instructor	xix
To the Student	xxiii
List of Activities	xxv
UNIT I EXPLORING DATA: DISTRIBUTIONS
Data and Variables	3	(16)
Data, Variables, and Technology	19	(20)
Displaying and Describing Distributions	39	(24)
Measures of Center	63	(18)
Measures of Spread	81	(28)
UNIT II EXPLORING DATA: COMPARISONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Comparing Distributions I: Quantitative Variables	109	(22)
Comparing Distributions II: Categorical Variables	131	(24)
Graphical Displays of Association	155	(22)
Correlation Coefficient	177	(20)
Least Squares Regression I	197	(22)
Least Squares Regression II	219	(20)
UNIT III COLLECTING DATA
Sampling	239	(26)
Designing Studies	265	(30)
UNIT IV RANDOMNESS IN DATA
Probability	295	(22)
Normal Distributions	317	(18)
Sampling Distributions I: Proportions	335	(22)
Sampling Distributions II: Means	357	(18)
Central Limit Theorem	375	(18)
UNIT V INFERENCE FROM DATA: PRINCIPLES
Confidence Intervals I: Proportions	393	(20)
Confidence Intervals II: Means	413	(18)
Tests of Significance I: Proportions	431	(20)
Tests of Significance II: Means	451	(18)
More Inference Considerations	469	(24)
UNIT VI INFERENCE FROM DATA COMPARISONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Comparing Two Proportions	493	(22)
Comparing Two Means	515	(26)
Inference for Two-Way Tables	541	(18)
Inference for Correlation and Regression	559	(28)
Random Number Table	577	(2)
Standard Normal Probabilities	579	(4)
t-Distribution Critical Values	583	(2)
Chi-Square Distribution Critical Values	585	(2)
Appendix A: Student Glossary	587	(6)
Appendix B: Sources for Data Sets	593	(10)
Index	603