Ron Larson received his Ph.D.in mathematics from the University of Colorado in 1970.At that time he accepted a Position with Penn Stae University ，and he currently holds the rank of professor of mathemat-ics at the university.
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics Where You've Been Where You're Going 1.1 An Overview of Statistics 1.2 Data Classification Case Study: Rating Television Shows in the United States 1.3 Experimental Design Technology: Using Technology in Statistics Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics Where You've Been Where You're Going 2.1 Frequency Distributions and Their Graphs 2.2 More Graphs and Displays 2.3 Measures of Central Tendency 2.4 Measures of Variation Case Study: Sunglass Sales in the United States 2.5 Measures of Position Technology: Monthly Milk Production Using Technology to Determine Descriptive Statistics Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Chapter 3 Probability Where You've Been Where You're Going 3.1 Basic Concepts of Probability 3.2 Conditional Probability and the Multiplication Rule 3.3 The Addition Rule Case Study: Probability and Parking Lot Strategies 3.4 Counting Principles Technology: Simulation: Composing Mozart Variations with Dice Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Cumulative Test: Chapters 1-3 Chapter 4 Discrete Probability Distributions Where You've Been Where You're Going 4.1 Probability Distributions 4.2 Binomial Distributions Case Study: Binomial Distribution of Airplane Accidents 4.3 More Discrete Probability Distributions Technology: Using Poisson Distributions as Queuing Models Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Derisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Chapter 5 Normal Probability Distributions Where You've Been Where You're Going 5.1 Introduction to Normal Distributions 5.2 The Standard Normal Distribution 5.3 Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities 5.4 Normal Distributions: Finding Values Case Study: Birth Weights in America 5.5 The Central Limit Theorem Technology: Age Distribution in the United States 5.6 Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Chapter 6 Confidence Intervals Where You've Been Where You're Going 6.1 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Large Samples) Case Study: Shell Lengths of Loggerhead Sea Turtles 6.2 Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Small Samples) History of Statistics--Timeline 6.3 Confidence Intervals for Population Proportions Technology: Most Admired Polls 6.4 Confidence Intervals for Variance and Standard Deviation Using Technology to Construct Confidence Intervals Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Cumulative Test: Chapters 4-6 Chapter 7 Hypothesis Testing with One Sample Where You've Been Where You're Going 7.1 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing 7.2 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (Large Samples) Case Study: Human Body Temperature: What~ Normal? 7.3 Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (Small Samples) 7.4 Hypothesis Testing for Proportions Technology: The Case of the Vanishing Women 7.5 Hypothesis Testing for the Variance and Standard Deviation A Summary of Hypothesis Testing Using Technology to Perform Hypothesis Tests Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Chapter 8 Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples Where You've Been Where You're Going 8.1 Testing the Difference Between Means (Large Independent Samples) Case Study: Oatbran and Cholesterol Level 8.2 Testing the Difference Between Means (Small Independent Samples) 8.3 Testing the Difference Between Means (Dependent Samples) 8.4 Testing the Difference Between Proportions Technology: Tails Over Heads Using Technology to Perform Two-Sample Hypothesis Tests Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Chapter 9 Correlation and Regression Where You've Been Where You're Going 9.1 Correlation 9.2 Linear Regression Case Study: Correlation of Body Measurements 9.3 Measures of Regression and Prediction Intervals 9.4 Multiple Regression Technology: Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Cumulative Test: Chapters 7-9 Chapter 10 Chi-Square Tests and the F-Distribution Where You've Been Where You're Going 10.1 Goodness of Fit 10.2 Independence Case Study: Traffic Safety Facts 10.3 Comparing Two Variances 10.4 Analysis of Variance Technology: Crash Tests Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Chapter 11 NonparametricTests Where You've Been Where You're Going 11.1 The Sign Test 11.2 The Wilcoxon Tests Case Study: Health and Nutrition 1 1.3 The Kruskal-Wallis Test 11.4 Rank Correlation Technology: Selling Prices of l-lomes Chapter Summary Uses and Abuses Review Exercises Real Statistics-Real Decisions--Putting It All Together Chapter Quiz Cumulative Test: Chapters 10-11 Appendices Appendix A Alternate Presentation of the Standard Normal Distribution Standard Normal Distribution Table (O-to-z) Alternate Presentation of the Standard Normal Distribution Appendix B Tables Table 1 Random Numbers Table 2 Binomial Distribution Table 3 Poisson Distribution Table 4 Standard NormalDistribution Table 5 t-Distribution Table 6 Chi-Square Distribution Table 7 F-Distribution Table 8 Critical Values for the Sign Test Table 9 Critical Values for the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test Table 10 Critical Values for the Spearman Rank Correlation Table 11 Critical Values for the Pearson Correlation Coefficient Answers to the Try It Yourself Problems Answers to the Odd-Numbered Exercises Credits Index
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