Introductory Statistics

by Hannah Seidler-Wright

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This introductory statistics text is intended for students in a wide variety of areas of study. Topics discussed include displaying and describing data, the normal distribution, linear regression, probability, statistical inference, confidence intervals, and hypothesis tests with applications in the real world.

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Publisher
Chaffey College
Subjects
Statistics, Introductory Statistics
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Designs of Statistical Studies
  7. 1.1: Welcome to Statistics
  8. 1.1.1: Exercises
  9. 1.2: The Statistical Analysis Process
  10. 1.2.1: Exercises
  11. 1.3: Research Questions, Types of Statistical Studies, and Stating Reasonable Conclusions
  12. 1.3.1: Exercises
  13. 1.4: Random Sampling and Bias
  14. 1.4.1: Exercises
  15. 1.5: Experiments and Random Assignment
  16. 1.5.1: Exercises
  17. 2: Descriptive Statistics
  18. 2.1: Descriptive Statistics - Dotplots and Histograms
  19. 2.1.1: Exercises
  20. 2.2: Quantifying the Center of a Distribution
  21. 2.2.1: Exercises
  22. 2.3: Quantifying Variability Relative to the Median
  23. 2.3.1: Exercises
  24. 2.4: Quantifying Variability Relative to the Mean
  25. 2.4.1: Exercises
  26. 3: Probability
  27. 3.1: Introduction to Probability
  28. 3.1.1: Exercises
  29. 3.2: Marginal, Joint, and Conditional Probability
  30. 3.2.1: Exercises
  31. 3.3: The Addition and Complement Rules
  32. 3.3.1: Exercises
  33. 4: Discrete Probability Distributions
  34. 4.1: Discrete Random Variables
  35. 4.1.1: Exercises
  36. 4.2: The Geometric Distribution
  37. 4.2.1: Exercises
  38. 4.3: The Binomial Distribution
  39. 4.3.1: Exercises
  40. 5: Continuous Probability Distributions and The Normal Distribution
  41. 5.1: Probability Distributions of Continuous Random Variables
  42. 5.1.1: Exercises
  43. 5.2: Characteristics of the Normal Distribution and The Empirical Rule
  44. 5.2.1: Exercises
  45. 5.3: The Standard Normal Distribution
  46. 5.3.1: Exercises
  47. 5.4: Finding Critical Values from the Normal Distribution
  48. 5.4.1: Exercises
  49. 6: Inference Involving a Single Population Proportion
  50. 6.1: The Sampling Distribution of Sample Proportions
  51. 6.1.1: Exercises
  52. 6.2: Estimating a Population Proportion
  53. 6.2.1: Exercises
  54. 6.3: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
  55. 6.3.1: Exercises
  56. 6.4: Hypothesis Tests for a Single Population Proportion
  57. 6.4.1: Exercises
  58. 6.5: Conclusions (1)
  59. 6.5.1: Exercises
  60. 7: Inference Involving a Single Population Mean
  61. 7.1: The Sampling Distribution of Sample Means
  62. 7.1.1: Exercises
  63. 7.2: The Student’s T-Distribution
  64. 7.2.1: Exercises
  65. 7.3: Estimating a Population Mean
  66. 7.3.1: Exercises
  67. 7.4: Hypothesis Tests for a Single Population Mean
  68. 7.4.1: Exercises
  69. 7.5: Conclusions (2)
  70. 7.5.1: Exercises
  71. 8: Inference Involving Two Population Parameters
  72. 8.1: Paired Samples
  73. 8.1.1: Exercises
  74. 8.2: Distributions of Differences
  75. 8.2.1: Exercises
  76. 8.3: Inference for a Difference in Two Population Means
  77. 8.3.1: Exercises
  78. 8.4: Inference for a Difference in Two Population Proportions
  79. 8.4.1: Exercises
  80. 9: Linear Regression
  81. 9.1: Scatterplots
  82. 9.1.1: Exercises
  83. 9.2: Quantifying Direction and Strength
  84. 9.2.1: Exercises
  85. 9.3: The Line of Best Fit
  86. 9.3.1: Exercises
  87. 10: Inference Involving More Than Two Parameters
  88. 10.1: The Chi-Square Distribution
  89. 10.1.1: Exercises
  90. 10.2: Goodness-of-Fit
  91. 10.2.1: Exercises
  92. 10.3: Testing for Independence
  93. 10.3.1: Exercises
  94. 10.4: ANOVA
  95. 10.4.1: Exercises
  96. Back Matter
  97. Index
  98. Glossary
  99. Detailed Licensing