Statistics: Learning from Data (AP Edition ©2019 - Original Chapter Order) 2nd edition

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Roxy Peck and Tom Short
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Collecting Data In Reasonable Ways
    • 1.1: Statistics—It's All About Variability
    • 1.2: Statistical Studies: Observation and Experimentation
    • 1.3: Collecting Data: Planning an Observational Study
    • 1.4: Collecting Data—Planning an Experiment
    • 1.5: The Importance of Random Selection and Random Assignment: What Types of Conclusions are Reasonable?
    • 1.6: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 1: Review Exercises
    • 1: AP® Review Questions

  • Chapter 2: Graphical Methods for Describing Data Distributions
    • 2.1: Selecting an Appropriate Graphical Display
    • 2.2: Displaying Categorical Data: Bar Charts and Comparative Bar Charts
    • 2.3: Displaying Numerical Data: Dotplots, Stem-and-Leaf Displays, and Histograms
    • 2.4: Displaying Bivariate Numerical Data: Scatterplots and Time Series Plots
    • 2.5: Graphical Displays in the Media
    • 2.6: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 2: Review Exercises
    • 2: AP® Review Questions
    • 2: JMP Simulations

  • Chapter 3: Numerical Methods for Describing Data Distributions
    • 3.1: Selecting Appropriate Numerical Summaries
    • 3.2: Describing Center and Variability for Data Distributions That Are Approximately Symmetric
    • 3.3: Describing Center and Variability for Data Distributions That Are Skewed or Have Outliers
    • 3.4: Summarizing a Data Set: Boxplots
    • 3.5: Measures of Relative Standing: z-scores and Percentiles
    • 3.6: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 3: Review Exercises
    • 3: AP® Review Questions
    • 3: JMP Simulations

  • Chapter 4: Describing Bivariate Numerical Data
    • 4.1: Correlation
    • 4.2: Linear Regression: Fitting a Line to Bivariate Data
    • 4.3: Assessing the Fit of a Line
    • 4.4: Describing Linear Relationships and Making Predictions—Putting It All Together
    • 4.5: Modeling Nonlinear Relationships
    • 4.6: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 4: Review Exercises
    • 4: AP® Review Questions
    • 4: JMP Simulations

  • Chapter 5: Probability
    • 5.1: Interpreting Probabilities
    • 5.2: Calculating Probabilities
    • 5.3: Probabilities of More Complex Events: Unions, Intersections, and Complements
    • 5.4: Conditional Probability
    • 5.5: Calculating Probabilities—A More Formal Approach (Optional)
    • 5.6: Probability as a Basis for Making Decisions
    • 5.7: Estimating Probabilities Empirically and Using Simulation (Optional)
    • 5: Review Exercises
    • 5: AP® Review Questions

  • Chapter 6: Random Variables and Probability Distributions
    • 6.1: Random Variables
    • 6.2: Probability Distributions for Discrete Random Variables
    • 6.3: Probability Distributions for Continuous Random Variables
    • 6.4: The Mean and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable
    • 6.5: Normal Distributions
    • 6.6: Checking for Normality
    • 6.7: Binomial and Geometric Distributions
    • 6.8: Using the Normal Distribution to Approximate a Discrete Distribution
    • 6: Review Exercises
    • 6: AP® Review Questions

  • Chapter 7: An Overview of Statistical Inference—Learning from Data
    • 7.1: Statistical Inference—What You Can Learn From Data
    • 7.2: Selecting an Appropriate Method—Four Key Questions
    • 7.3: A Five-Step Process for Statistical Inference
    • 7: Review Exercises
    • 7: AP® Review Questions

  • Chapter 8: Sampling Variability and Sampling Distributions
    • 8.1: Statistics and Sampling Variability
    • 8.2: The Sampling Distribution of a Sample Proportion
    • 8.3: How Sampling Distributions Support Learning from Data
    • 8: Review Exercises
    • 8: AP® Review Questions

  • Chapter 9: Estimating a Population Proportion
    • 9.1: Selecting an Estimator
    • 9.2: Estimating a Population Proportion—Margin of Error
    • 9.3: A Large-Sample Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion
    • 9.4: Choosing a Sample Size to Achieve a Desired Margin of Error
    • 9.5: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 9: Review Exercises
    • 9: AP® Review Questions

  • Chapter 10: Asking and Answering Questions About a Population Proportion
    • 10.1: Hypotheses and Possible Conclusions
    • 10.2: Potential Errors in Hypothesis Testing
    • 10.3: The Logic of Hypothesis Testing—An Informal Example
    • 10.4: A Procedure for Carrying Out a Hypothesis Test
    • 10.5: Large-Sample Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion
    • 10.6: Power and the Probability of Type II Error
    • 10.7: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 10: Review Exercises
    • 10: AP® Review Questions

  • Chapter 11: Asking and Answering Questions About the Difference Between Two Population Proportions
    • 11.1: Estimating the Difference Between Two Population Proportions
    • 11.2: Testing Hypotheses About the Difference Between Two Population Proportions
    • 11.3: Inference for Two Proportions Using Data from an Experiment
    • 11.4: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 11: Review Exercises
    • 11: AP® Review Questions

  • Chapter 12: Asking and Answering Questions About a Population Mean
    • 12.1: The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean
    • 12.2: A Confidence Interval for a Population Mean
    • 12.3: Testing Hypotheses About a Population Mean
    • 12.4: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 12: Review Exercises
    • 12: AP® Review Questions
    • 12: JMP Simulations

  • Chapter 13: Asking and Answering Questions About the Difference Between Two Means
    • 13.1: Two Samples: Paired versus Independent Samples
    • 13.2: Learning About a Difference in Population Means Using Paired Samples
    • 13.3: Learning About a Difference in Population Means Using Independent Samples
    • 13.4: Inference for Two Means Using Data from an Experiment
    • 13.5: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 13: Review Exercises
    • 13: AP® Review Questions
    • 13: JMP Simulations

  • Chapter 14: Learning from Categorical Data
    • 14.1: Chi-Square Tests for Univariate Categorical Data
    • 14.2: Tests for Homogeneity and Independence in a Two-Way Table
    • 14.3: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 14: Review Exercises
    • 14: AP® Review Questions
    • 14: JMP Simulations

  • Chapter 15: Understanding Relationships—Numerical Data
    • 15.1: The Simple Linear Regression Model
    • 15.2: Inferences Concerning the Slope of the Population Regression Line
    • 15.3: Checking Model Adequacy
    • 15: Review Exercises
    • 15: AP® Review Questions

  • Chapter FT5: Fast Track to a 5: Preparing for the AP® Statistics Examination
    • FT5.DT: A Diagnostic Test
    • FT5.1: Graphical Methods for Describing Data
    • FT5.2: Numerical Methods for Describing Data
    • FT5.3: Summarizing Bivariate Data
    • FT5.4: Collecting Data Sensibly
    • FT5.5: Probability
    • FT5.6: Random Variables and Probability Distributions
    • FT5.7: Sampling Variability and Sampling Distributions
    • FT5.8: Estimating Using a Single Sample
    • FT5.9: Hypothesis Testing Using a Simple Sample
    • FT5.10: Comparing Two Populations or Treatments
    • FT5.11: The Analysis of Categorical Data and Goodness-of-Fit Tests
    • FT5.12: Inference for Linear Regression and Correlation
    • FT5.T1: Practice Test I
    • FT5.T2: Practice Test II

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Chapter 5: Probability
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Chapter 6: Random Variables and Probability Distributions
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Chapter 7: An Overview of Statistical Inference—Learning from Data
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Chapter 8: Sampling Variability and Sampling Distributions
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Chapter 9: Estimating a Population Proportion
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Chapter 10: Asking and Answering Questions About a Population Proportion
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Chapter 11: Asking and Answering Questions About the Difference Between Two Population Proportions
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Chapter 12: Asking and Answering Questions About a Population Mean
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Chapter 13: Asking and Answering Questions About the Difference Between Two Means
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Chapter 14: Learning from Categorical Data
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