Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 712 g
ISBN: 978-1-119-08485-3
Verlag: Wiley
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Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction 1
Part I Getting Started with Statistics 5
chapter 1: The Statistics of Everyday Life 7
chapter 2: Taking Control: So Many Numbers, So Little Time 15
chapter 3: Tools of the Trade 25
Part II Number?]Crunching Basics 47
chapter 4: Crunching Categorical Data 49
chapter 5: Means, Medians, and More 61
chapter 6: Getting the Picture: Graphing Categorical Data 93
chapter 7: Going by the Numbers: Graphing Numerical Data 117
Part III Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 159
chapter 8: Coming to Terms with Probability 161
chapter 9: Random Variables and the Binomial Distribution 187
chapter 10: The Normal Distribution 205
chapter 11: The t?]Distribution 233
chapter 12: Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 243
Part IV Guesstimating and Hypothesizing with Confidence 263
chapter 13: Leaving Room for a Margin of Error 265
chapter 14: Confidence Intervals: Making Your Best Guesstimate 281
chapter 15: Claims, Tests, and Conclusions 313
chapter 16: Commonly Used Hypothesis Tests: Formulas and Examples 331
Part V Statistical Studies and the Hunt for a Meaningful Relationship 355
chapter 17: Polls, Polls, and More Polls 357
chapter 18: Experiments: Medical Breakthroughs or Misleading Results? 377
chapter 19: Looking for Links: Correlation and Regression 397
chapter 20: Two?]Way Tables and Independence 425
Part VI The Part of Tens 457
chapter 21: Ten Tips for the Statistically Savvy Sleuth 459
chapter 22: Ten Surefire Exam Score Boosters 469
Appendix 481
Index 491
