Bennett J. Statistical reasoning for everyday life

New York: Pearson, 2014. — 401 p.Supplements
To the Student: How to Succeed in Your Statistics Course
Applications Index
Speaking of Statistics
What Is/Are Statistics?
Sampling
Types of Statistical Studies
Should You Believe a Statistical Study?
Focus on Psychology: Are You Driving "Drunk" on Your Cell Phone?
Focus on Public Health: Is Your Lifestyle Healthy?
Measurement in Statistics
Data Types and Levels of Measurement
Dealing with Errors
Uses of Percentages in Statistics
Index Numbers Using Technology: Inflation Calculator
Focus on Politics: Who Benefited Most from Lower Tax Rates?
Focus on Economics: Can a Redefined CPI Help Solve the Budget Crisis?
Visual Displays of Data
Frequency Tables Using Technology: Frequency Tables
Picturing Distributions of Data Using Technology:
Bar Graphs Using Technology:
Pie Charts Using Technology:
Line Charts and Histograms
Graphics in the Media Using Technology: Graphs with Multiple Data Sets
A Few Cautions About Graphics Focus on History: Can War Be Described with a Graph?
Focus on Environment: Are We Changing Earth's Atmosphere?
Describing Data
What Is Average? Using Technology: Mean, Median, and Mode
Shapes of Distributions
Measures of Variation Using Technology:
Boxplots Using Technology: Standard Deviation
Statistical Paradoxes Focus on the Stock Market: What's Average About the Dow?
Focus on Economics: Are the Rich Getting Richer?
A Normal World
What Is Normal?
Properties of the Normal Distribution Using Technology: Standard Scores in Excel Using Technology: Standard Scores and Percentiles
The Central Limit Theorem Focus on Education: What Can We Learn from SAT Trends?
Focus on Psychology: Are We Smarter than Our Parents?
Probability in Statistics
The Role of Probability in Statistics: Statistical Significance
Basics of Probability
The Law of Large Numbers
Ideas of Risk and Life Expectancy
Combining Probabilities (Supplementary Section)
Focus on Social Science: Do Lotteries Harm the Poor?
Focus on Law: Is DNA Fingerprinting Reliable?
Correlation and Causality
Seeking Correlation Using Technology: Scatterplots and Correlation Coefficients
Interpreting Correlations
Best-Fit Lines and Prediction
The Search for Causality
Focus on Education: What Helps Children Learn to Read?
Focus on Environment: What Is Causing Global Warming?
From Samples to Populations
Sampling Distributions
Estimating Population Means Using Technology: Confidence Interval Estimate of a Population Mean
Estimating Population Proportions Using Technology: Confidence Interval Estimate of a PopulationProportion
Focus on History: Where Did Statistics Begin?
Focus on Literature: How Many Words Did Shakespeare Know?
Hypothesis Testing
Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Tests for Population Means
Using Technology: Hypothesis Test for a Population Mean
Hypothesis Tests for Population Proportions
Using Technology: Hypothesis Test for a Population Proportion
Focus on Health and Education: Will Your Education Help You Live Longer?
Focus on Agriculture: Are Genetically Modified Foods Safe?
t Tests, Two-Way Tables, and ANOVA
t Distribution for Inferences about a Mean Using Technology: The t Distribution
Hypothesis Testing with Two-Way Tables
Using Technology: Hypothesis Testing with Two-Way Tables
Analysis of Variance (One-Way Anova)
Using Technology: Analysis of Variance
Focus on Criminology: Can You Tell a Fraud When You See One?
Focus on Education: What Can a Fourth-Grader Do with Statistics?
Epilogue: A Perspective on StatisticsA: z-Score TablesAppendix
B: Table of Random Numbers
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