Statistics I and II For Dummies [2 eBook Bundle] - D Rumsey (Wiley, 2011) [eCV] WW

Statistics For Dummies, ® 2-eBook Bundle Statistics For Dummies, ® 2nd Edition V isit www .dummies.com/cheatsheet/statistics to view this book's cheat sheet. T able of Contents Introduction About This Book Conventions Used in This Book What Y ou\u2019re Not to Read Foolish Assumptions How This Book Is Organized Part I: V ital Statistics about Statistics Part II: Number-Crunching Basics Part III: Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem Part IV : Guesstimating and Hypothesizing with Confidence Part V : Statistical Studies and the Hunt for a Meaningful Relationship Part VI: The Part of T ens Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here Part I: V ital Statistics about Statistics Chapter 1: Statistics in a Nutshell Thriving in a Statistical W orld Designing Appropriate Studies Surveys Experiments Collecting Quality Data Selecting a good sample A voiding bias in your data Creating Effective Summaries Descriptive statistics Charts and graphs Determining Distributions Performing Proper Analyses Margin of error and confidence intervals Hypothesis tests Correlation, regression, and two-way tables Drawing Credible Conclusions Reeling in overstated results Questioning claims of cause and effect Becoming a Sleuth, Not a Skeptic Chapter 2: The Statistics of Everyday Life Statistics and the Media: More Questions than Answers? Probing popcorn problems V enturing into viruses Comprehending crashes Mulling malpractice Belaboring the loss of land Scrutinizing schools Studying sports Banking on business news T ouring the travel news Surveying sexual stats Breaking down weather reports Musing about movies Highlighting horoscopes Using Statistics at W ork Delivering babies \u2014 and information Posing for pictures Poking through pizza data Statistics in the office Chapter 3: T aking Control: So Many Numbers, So Little T ime Detecting Errors, Exaggerations, and Just Plain Lies Checking the math Uncovering misleading statistics Looking for lies in all the right places Feeling the Impact of Misleading Statistics Chapter 4: T ools of the T rade Statistics: More than Just Numbers Grabbing Some Basic Statistical Jargon Data Data set V ariable Population Sample, random, or otherwise Statistic Parameter Bias Mean (A verage) Median Standard deviation Percentile Standard score Distribution and normal distribution Central Limit Theorem z-values Experiments Surveys (Polls) Margin of error Confidence interval Hypothesis testing p-values Statistical significance Correlation versus causation Part II: Number-Crunching Basics Chapter 5: Means, Medians, and More Summing Up Data with Descriptive Statistics Crunching Categorical Data: T ables and Percents Measuring the Center with Mean and Median A veraging out to the mean Splitting your data down the median Comparing means and medians: Histograms Accounting for V ariation Reporting the standard deviation Being out of range Examining the Empirical Rule (68-95-99.7) Measuring Relative Standing with Percentiles Calculating percentiles Interpreting percentiles Gathering a five-number summary Exploring interquartile range Chapter 6: Getting the Picture: Graphing Categorical Data T ake Another Little Piece of My Pie Chart T allying personal expenses Bringing in a lotto revenue Ordering takeout Projecting age trends Raising the Bar on Bar Graphs T racking transportation expenses Making a lotto profit T ipping the scales on a bar graph Pondering pet peeves Chapter 7: Going by the Numbers: Graphing Numerical Data Handling Histograms Making a histogram Interpreting a histogram Putting numbers with pictures Detecting misleading histograms Examining Boxplots Making a boxplot Interpreting a boxplot T ackling T ime Charts Interpreting time charts Understanding variability: T ime charts versus histograms Spotting misleading time charts Part III: Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem Chapter 8: Random V ariables and the Binomial Distribution Defining a Random V ariable Discrete versus continuous Probability distributions The mean and variance of a discrete random variable Identifying a Binomial Checking binomial conditions step by step No fixed number of trials More than success or failure T rials are not independent Probability of success (p) changes Finding Binomial Probabilities Using a Formula Finding Probabilities Using the Binomial T able Finding probabilities for specific values of X Finding probabilities for X greater-than, less-than, or between two values Checking Out the Mean and Standard Deviation of the Binomial Chapter 9: The Normal Distribution Exploring the Basics of theNormal Distribution Meeting the Standard Normal (Z-) Distribution Checking out Z Standardizing from X to Z Finding probabilities for Z with the Z-table Finding Probabilities for a Normal Distribution Finding X When Y ou Know the Percent Figuring out a percentile for a normal distribution T ranslating tricky wording in percentile problems Normal Approximation to the Binomial Chapter 10: The t-Distribution Basics of the t-Distribution Comparing the t- and Z-distributions Discovering the effect of variability on t-distributions Using the t-T able Finding probabilities with the t-table Figuring percentiles for the t-distribution Picking out t*-values for confidence intervals Studying Behavior Using the t-T able Chapter 1 1: Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem Defining a Sampling Distribution The Mean of a Sampling Distribution Measuring Standard Error Sample size and standard error Population standard deviation and standard error Looking at the Shape of a Sampling Distribution Case 1: The distribution of X is normal Case 2: The distribution of X is not normal \u2014 enter the Central Limit Theorem Finding Probabilities for the Sample Mean The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Proportion Finding Probabilities for the Sample Proportion Part IV : Guesstimating and Hypothesizing with Confidence Chapter 12: Leaving Room for a Margin of Error Seeing the Importance of That Plus or Minus Finding the Margin of Error: A General Formula Measuring sample variability Calculating margin of error for a sample proportion Reporting results Calculating margin of error for a sample mean Being confident you\u2019re right Determining the Impact of Sample Size Sample size and margin of error Bigger isn\u2019t always (that much) better! Keeping margin of error in perspective Chapter 13: Confidence Intervals: Making Y our Best Guesstimate Not All Estimates Are Created Equal Linking a Statistic to a Parameter Getting with the Jargon Interpreting Results with Confidence Zooming In on W idth Choosing a Confidence Level Factoring In the Sample Size Counting On Population V ariability Calculating a Confidence Interval for a Population Mean Case 1: Population standard deviation is known Case 2: Population standard deviation is unknown and/or n is small Figuring Out What Sample Size Y ou Need Determining the Confidence Interval for One Population Proportion Creating a Confidence Interval for the Difference of T wo Means Case 1: Population standard deviations are known Case 2: Population standard deviations are unknown and/or sample sizes are small Estimating the Difference of T wo Proportions Spotting Misleading Confidence Intervals Chapter 14: Claims, T ests, and Conclusions Setting Up the Hypotheses Defining the null What\u2019 s the alternative? Gathering Good Evidence (Data) Compiling the Evidence: The T est Statistic Gathering sample statistics Measuring variability using standard errors Understanding standard scores Calculating and interpreting the test statistic W eighing the Evidence and Making Decisions: p-V alues Connecting test statistics and p-values Defining a p-value Calculating a p-value Making Conclusions Setting boundaries for rejecting Ho T esting varicose veins Assessing the Chance of a W rong Decision Making a false alarm: T ype-1 errors Missing out on a detection: T ype-2 errors Chapter 15: Commonly Used Hypothesis T ests: Formulas and Examples T esting One Population Mean Handling Small Samples and Unknown Standard Deviations: The t-T est Putting the t-test to work Relating t to Z Handling negative t-values

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