Introduction to the Practice of Statistics 5th edition

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David S. Moore and George P. McCabe
Publisher: Macmillan Learning


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  • Chapter 1: Looking at Data-Distributions
    • 1.1: Displaying Distributions with Graphs (5)
    • 1.2: Describing Distributions with Numbers (6)
    • 1.3: Density Curves and Normal Distributions (30)
    • 1: Exercises (20)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems (16)

  • Chapter 2: Looking at Data-Relationships
    • 2.1: Scatterplots
    • 2.2: Correlation (2)
    • 2.3: Least-Squares Regression (7)
    • 2.4: Cautions about Correlation and Regression (2)
    • 2.5: The Question of Causation
    • 2: Exercises (17)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems (16)

  • Chapter 3: Producing Data
    • 3.1: First Steps
    • 3.2: Design of Experiments
    • 3.3: Sampling Design
    • 3.4: Toward Statistical Inference (1)
    • 3: Exercises (18)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems (13)

  • Chapter 4: Probability: The Study of Randomness
    • 4.1: Randomness
    • 4.2: Probability Models (6)
    • 4.3: Random Variables (4)
    • 4.4: Means and Variances of Random Variables (3)
    • 4.5: General Probability Rules (4)
    • 4: Exercises (13)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems

  • Chapter 5: Sampling Distributions
    • 5.1: Sampling Distributions for Counts and Proportions (5)
    • 5.2: The Sampling Distribution of a Sample Mean (5)
    • 5: Exercises (15)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems

  • Chapter 6: Introduction to Inference
    • 6.1: Estimating with Confidence (9)
    • 6.2: Tests of Significance (13)
    • 6.3: Use and Abuse of Tests
    • 6.4: Power and Inference as a Decision (2)
    • 6: Exercises (17)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems (7)

  • Chapter 7: Inference for Distributions
    • 7.1: Inference for the Mean of a Population (14)
    • 7.2: Comparing Two Means (7)
    • 7.3: Optional Topics in Comparing Distributions
    • 7: Exercises (33)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems

  • Chapter 8: Inference for Proportions
    • 8.1: Inference for a Single Proportion (8)
    • 8.2: Comparing Two Proportions (4)
    • 8: Exercises (22)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems

  • Chapter 9: Analysis of Two-Way Tables
    • 9.1: Data Analysis for Two-Way Tables
    • 9.2: Inference for Two-Way Tables
    • 9.3: Formulas and Models for Two-Way Tables
    • 9.4: Goodness of Fit
    • 9: Exercises (51)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems (2)

  • Chapter 10: Inference for Regression
    • 10.1: Simple Linear Regression
    • 10.2: More Detail about Simple Linear Regression
    • 10: Exercises (42)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems (7)

  • Chapter 11: Multiple Regression
    • 11.1: Inference for Multiple Regression
    • 11.2: A Case Study
    • 11: Exercises (49)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems

  • Chapter 12: One-Way Analysis of Variance
    • 12.1: Inference for One-Way Analysis of Variance
    • 12.2: Comparing the Means
    • 12: Exercises (63)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems

  • Chapter 13: Two-Way Analysis of Variance
    • 13.1: The Two-Way ANOVA Model
    • 13.2: Inference for Two-Way ANOVA
    • 13: Exercises (44)
    • Extra Problems
    • Extra Problems

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Chapter 2: Looking at Data-Relationships
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Chapter 3: Producing Data
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Chapter 4: Probability: The Study of Randomness
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Chapter 6: Introduction to Inference
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Chapter 7: Inference for Distributions
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Chapter 8: Inference for Proportions
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Chapter 9: Analysis of Two-Way Tables
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Chapter 10: Inference for Regression
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Chapter 11: Multiple Regression
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Chapter 12: One-Way Analysis of Variance
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Chapter 13: Two-Way Analysis of Variance
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