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Synopsis
Exploring Data.- Getting to Know the Class.- Measurement Bias.- The Shape of the Data.- Matching Graphs to Variables.- Matching Statistics to Graphs.- Let Us Count.- Getting Rid of the Jitters: Finding the Trend.- Flick the Nick: Observing Processes Over Time.- Ratings and Ranks.- Predictable Pairs: Association in Two Way Tables.- Matching Descriptions to Scatter Plots.- Random Behavior.- What's the Chance? Dependent and Independent Trials.- What Is Random Behavior?.- Streaky Behavior: Runs in Binomial Trials.- The Law of Averages.- Counting Successes: A General Simulation Model.- Waiting for Reggie Jackson: The Geometric Distribution.- Sampling Distributions.- Spinning Pennies.- Cents and the Central Limit Theorem.- The Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem.- Sampling.- Random Rectangles.- Stringing Students Along: Selection Bias.- Estimation.- Sampling Error and Estimation.- Estimating Proportions: How Accurate Are the Polls?.- What Is a Confidence Interval Anyway?.- Confidence Intervals for the Percentage of Even Digits.- The Rating Game.- Capture/Recapture.- Randomized Response Sampling: How to Ask Sensitive Questions.- Estimating the Difference Between Two Proportions.- The Bootstrap.- Estimating the Total of a Restaurant Bill: Bias in Estimation.- How Many Tanks?.- Estimating a Total.- Hypothesis Testing Experiments.- Statistical Evidence of Discrimination: The Randomization Test.- Is Your Class Differently Aged? The Chi-Square Test.- Coins on Edge.- Experiments.- Jumping Frogs.- How to Ask Questions: Designing a Survey.- Gummy Bears in Space: Factorial Designs and Interaction.- Funnel Swirling.- Modeling.- Models, Models, Models....- The Regression Effect.- Is Your Shirt Size Related to Your Shoe Size?.- Relating to Correlation.- Projects.- Theme: Exploring Data and Improving Quality.- Application: Improved Payment Processing in a Utilities Firm.- Theme: Sample Survey.- Application 1: A Typical Election Poll.- Application 2: The Nielsens.- Theme: Experiment.- Application: Does Aspirin Help Prevent Heart Attacks? The Physician's Health Study.- Theme: Modeling.- Application: Body Composition.
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