Statistics for AP: Learning from Data 1st edition

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Roxy Peck and Chris Olsen
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Graphical Methods for Describing Data Distributions
    • 1.1: What Is a Statistical Study?
    • 1.2: Selecting an Appropriate Graphical Display
    • 1.3: Displaying Categorical Data: Bar Charts and Comparative Bar Charts
    • 1.4: Displaying Numerical Data: Dotplots, Stem-and-Leaf Plots, and Histograms
    • 1.5: Graphical Displays in the Media
    • 1.6: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 1: Review Questions
    • 1: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 2: Numerical Methods for Describing Data Distributions
    • 2.1: Selecting Appropriate Numerical Summaries
    • 2.2: Describing Center and Variability for Data Distributions That Are Approximately Symmetric
    • 2.3: Describing Center and Variability for Data Distributions That Are Skewed or Have Outliers
    • 2.4: Summarizing a Data Set: Boxplots
    • 2.5: Measures of Relative Standing: z-scores and Percentiles
    • 2.6: Introduction to Statistical Studies
    • 2.7: Describing Bivariate Categorical Data: Relative Frequency Tables and Mosiac Plots
    • 2.8: Displaying Bivariate Numerical Data: Scatterplots and Time Series Plots
    • 2.9: More on Statistical Studies
    • 2.10: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 2: Review Questions
    • 2: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 3: Collecting Data in Reasonable Ways
    • 3.1: Statistical Studies: Observation and Experimentation
    • 3.2: Collecting Data: Planning an Observational Study
    • 3.3: Collecting Data—Planning an Experiment
    • 3.4: The Importance of Random Selection and Random Assignment: What Types of Conclusions Are Reasonable?
    • 3.5: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 3: Review Questions
    • 3: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 4: Probability
    • 4.1: Interpreting Probabilities
    • 4.2: Calculating Probabilities
    • 4.3: Probabilities of More Complex Events: Unions, Intersections, and Complements
    • 4.4: Conditional Probability
    • 4.5: Calculating Probabilities—A More Formal Approach
    • 4.6: Estimating Probabilities Empirically and Using Simulation
    • 4: Review Questions
    • 4: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 5: Random Variables and Probability Distributions
    • 5.1: Random Variables
    • 5.2: Probability Distributions for Discrete Random Variables
    • 5.3: Probability Distributions for Continuous Random Variables
    • 5.4: The Mean and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable
    • 5.5: Binomial Distributions
    • 5.6: Normal Distributions
    • 5.7: Checking for Normality
    • 5.8: Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem
    • 5: Review Questions
    • 5: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 6: Sampling Variability and Sampling Distributions
    • 6.1: The Sampling Distribution of a Sample Proportion
    • 6.2: The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean
    • 6.3: The Sampling Distribution of Differences in Sample Proportions or Sample Means
    • 6: Review Questions
    • 6: AP® Progress Check 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
    • 7.4: How Sampling Distributions Support Learning from Data
    • 7: Review Questions
    • 7: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 8: Estimating a Population Proportion
    • 8.1: Selecting an Estimator
    • 8.2: Estimating a Population Proportion—Margin of Error
    • 8.3: A Large Sample Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion
    • 8.4: Choosing a Sample Size to Achieve a Desired Margin of Error
    • 8.5: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 8: Review Questions
    • 8: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 9: Asking and Answering Questions About a Population Proportion
    • 9.1: Hypotheses and Possible Conclusions
    • 9.2: Potential Errors in Hypothesis Testing
    • 9.3: The Logic of Hypothesis Testing
    • 9.4: A Procedure for Carrying Out a Hypothesis Test
    • 9.5: Large-Sample Hypothesis Test for a Population Proportion
    • 9.6: Power and the Probability of Type II Error
    • 9.7: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 9: Review Questions
    • 9: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 10: Asking and Answering Questions About More than One Population Proportion
    • 10.1: Estimating the Difference Between Two Population Proportions
    • 10.2: Testing Hypotheses About the Difference Between Two Population Proportions
    • 10.3: Inference for Two Proportions Using Data from an Experiment
    • 10.4: Avoid These Common Mistakes—Two Proportions
    • 10.5: Chi-Square Tests for Univariate Categorical Data
    • 10.6: Tests for Homogeneity and Independence in a Two-Way Table
    • 10.7: Avoid These Common Mistakes—Chi-Square
    • 10: Review Questions
    • 10: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 11: Asking and Answering Questions About a Population Mean
    • 11.1: A Confidence Interval for a Population Mean
    • 11.2: Testing Hypotheses About a Population Mean or Mean Difference
    • 11.3: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 11: Review Questions
    • 11: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 12: Asking and Answering Questions About the Difference Between Two Means
    • 12.1: Two Samples: Paired versus Independent Samples
    • 12.2: Learning About a Difference in Population Means Using Paired Samples
    • 12.3: Learning About a Difference in Population Means Using Independent Samples
    • 12.4: Inference for Two Means Using Data from an Experiment
    • 12.5: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 12: Review Questions
    • 12: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 13: Describing Bivariate Data
    • 13.1: Correlation
    • 13.2: Linear Regression: Fitting a Line to Bivariate Data
    • 13.3: Assessing the Fit of a Line
    • 13.4: Describing Linear Relationships and Making Predictions—Putting It All Together
    • 13.5: Avoid These Common Mistakes
    • 13: Review Questions
    • 13: AP® Progress Check Questions

  • Chapter 14: Understanding Relationships—Numerical Data
    • 14.1: The Simple Linear Regression Model
    • 14.2: Inferences Concerning the Slope of the Population Regression Line
    • 14.3: Checking Model Adequacy
    • 14: Review Questions
    • 14: AP® Progress Check Questions

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Chapter 3: Collecting Data in Reasonable Ways
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Chapter 5: Random Variables and Probability Distributions
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Chapter 6: Sampling Variability and Sampling Distributions
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Chapter 7: An Overview of Statistical Inference—Learning from Data
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Chapter 8: Estimating a Population Proportion
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Chapter 9: Asking and Answering Questions About a Population Proportion
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Chapter 10: Asking and Answering Questions About More than One Population Proportion
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Chapter 11: Asking and Answering Questions About a Population Mean
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Chapter 12: Asking and Answering Questions About the Difference Between Two Means
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