[eBook] [PDF] Statistics Informed Decisions Using Data, 6th Edition By Michael Sullivan
Statistics Informed Decisions Using Data
Contents
Preface to the Instructor
Integration of Technology
Companion Website Content
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[eBook] [PDF] Statistics Informed Decisions Using Data, 6th Edition By Michael Sullivan
Statistics Informed Decisions Using Data
Contents
Preface to the Instructor
Integration of Technology
Companion Website Contents
Key Chapter Content Changes
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Resources for Success
Applications Index
Accounting
Aeronautics
Agriculture
Animals/Nature
Anthropometrics
Archaeology
Astronomy
Banking
Biology
Biomechanics
Business. See also Work
Chemistry
Combinatorics
Communication(s)
Computer(s). See also Internet
Construction
Consumers
Crime(s)
Criminology
Demographics
Dentistry
Drugs. See also Pharmaceuticals
Economy
Education. See also Test(s)
Electricity
Electronics
Energy
Engineering
Entertainment. See also Leisure and recreation
Environment
Exercise
Family
Farming. See also Agriculture
Fashion
Finance. See also Investment(s)
Firearms
Food. See also Nutrition
Forestry
Gambling. See also Game(s)
Game(s). See also Gambling
Gardening
Gender
Genetics
Geography
Geology
Government
Health. See also Exercise; Medicine
Height(s)
Houses and housing
Insurance
Intelligence
Internet
Investment(s)
Landscaping
Language
Law(s)
Law enforcement
Leisure and recreation. See also Entertainment
Manufacturing
Marriage
Math
Media
Medicine. See also Drugs; Health; Pharmaceuticals
Military
Miscellaneous
Money. See also Finance; Investment(s)
Morality
Mortality
Motor vehicle(s). See also Transportation
Music
Nutrition. See also Food
Obstetrics. See also Pediatrics
Pediatrics. See also Obstetrics
Pets
Pharmaceuticals. See also Drugs; Medicine
Physics
Politics
Polls and surveys
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychometrics
Reading
Religion
Sex and sexuality
Social work
Society
Sports
Statistics
Temperature
Test(s)
Time
Transportation. See also Motor vehicle(s)
Travel
Weather
Weight(s)
Work. See also Business
Part 1 Getting the Information You Need
1 Data Collection
Outline
1.1 Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
Objectives
❶ Define Statistics and Statistical Thinking
➋ Explain the Process of Statistics
❸ Distinguish between Qualitative and Quantitative Variables
Problem
Approach
Solution
❹ Distinguish between Discrete and Continuous Variables
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❺ Determine the Level of Measurement of a Variable
Problem
Approach
Solution
1.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
1.2 Observational Studies versus Designed Experiments
Objectives
❶ Distinguish between an Observational Study and an Experiment
❷ Explain the Various Types of Observational Studies
Census Data
Obtaining Data through Web Scraping
Downloading Data from the Web
1.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
“Scare Science”
Findings Shouldn’t Lead to Fear
1.3 Simple Random Sampling
Objective
❶ Obtain a Simple Random Sample
Problem
Approach
Solution
Obtaining a Simple Random Sample
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
1.3 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
1.4 Other Effective Sampling Methods
Objectives
❶ Obtain a Stratified Sample
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Obtain a Systematic Sample
Problem
Approach
Solution
❸ Obtain a Cluster Sample
Problem
Approach
Solution
Convenience Sampling
Multistage Sampling
Sample Size Considerations
Summary
1.4 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
1.5 Bias in Sampling
Objective
❶ Explain the Sources of Bias in Sampling
1.5 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
1.6 The Design of Experiments
Objectives
❶ Describe the Characteristics of an Experiment
Problem
Approach
Solution
➋ Explain the Steps in Designing an Experiment
➌ Explain the Completely Randomized Design
Problem
Approach
Solution
➍ Explain the Matched-Pairs Design
Problem
Approach
Solution
❺ Explain the Randomized Block Design
Problem
Approach
Solution
1.6 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
Chapter 1 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
Part 2 Descriptive Statistics
2 Organizing and Summarizing Data
Outline
2.1 Organizing Qualitative Data
Objectives
❶ Organize Qualitative Data in Tables
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Construct Bar Graphs
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Side-by-Side Bar Graphs
Problem
Approach
Solution
Horizontal Bars
❸ Construct Pie Charts
Problem
Approach
Solution
2.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
2.2 Organizing Quantitative Data: The Popular Displays
Objectives
❶ Organize Discrete Data in Tables
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Construct Histograms of Discrete Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
❸ Organize Continuous Data in Tables
Problem
Approach
Solution
❹ Construct Histograms of Continuous Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❺ Draw Dot Plots
Problem
Approach
Solution
❻ Identify the Shape of a Distribution
Problem
Approach
Solution
2.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
2.3 Additional Displays of Quantitative Data
Objectives
❶ Draw Stem-and-Leaf Plots
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Split Stems
❷ Construct Frequency Polygons
❸ Create Cumulative Frequency and Relative Frequency Tables
❹ Construct Frequency and Relative Frequency Ogives
❺ Draw Time-Series Graphs
Problem
Approach
Solution
2.3 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
2.4 Graphical Misrepresentations of Data
Objective
❶ Describe What Can Make a Graph Misleading or Deceptive
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
2.4 Assess Your Understanding
Applying the Concepts
Chapter 2 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
3 Numerically Summarizing Data
Outline
3.1 Measures of Central Tendency
Objectives
❶ Determine the Arithmetic Mean of a Variable from Raw Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Determine the Median of a Variable from Raw Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❸ Explain What It Means for a Statistic to Be Resistant
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❹ Determine the Mode of a Variable from Raw Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
3.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
3.2 Measures of Dispersion
Objectives
Problem
Approach
Solution
❶ Determine the Range of a Variable from Raw Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Determine the Standard Deviation of a Variable from Raw Data
Problem
Approach Using Conceptual Formula (1)
Solution Using Formula (1)
Approach Using Computational Formula (2)
Solution Using Formula (2)
Problem
Approach
Solution Using Conceptual Formula (3)
Solution Using Computational Formula (4)
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretations of the Standard Deviation
Problem
Approach
Solution
❸ Determine the Variance of a Variable from Raw Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
A Final Thought on Variance and Standard Deviation
❹ Use the Empirical Rule to Describe Data That Are Bell Shaped
Problem
Approach
Solution
❺ Use Chebyshev’s Inequality to Describe Any Set of Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
3.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
3.3 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion from Grouped Data
Objectives
❶ Approximate the Mean of a Variable from Grouped Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Compute the Weighted Mean
Problem
Approach
Solution
➌ Approximate the Standard Deviation of a Variable from Grouped Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
3.3 Assess Your Understanding
Applying the Concepts
3.4 Measures of Position and Outliers
Objectives
❶ Determine and Interpret z-Scores
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Interpret Percentiles
Problem
Approach
Interpretation
❸ Determine and Interpret Quartiles
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
Problem
Approach
Solution
❹ Determine and Interpret the Interquartile Range
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
❺ Check a Set of Data for Outliers
Problem
Approach
Solution
3.4 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
3.5 The Five-Number Summary and Boxplots
Objectives
❶ Compute the Five-Number Summary
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Draw and Interpret Boxplots
Problem
Approach
Solution
Using a Boxplot and Quartiles to Describe the Shape of a Distribution
Problem
Approach
Solution
3.5 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
Chapter 3 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
4 Describing the Relation between Two Variables
Outline
4.1 Scatter Diagrams and Correlation
Objectives
➊ Draw and Interpret Scatter Diagrams
Problem
Approach
Solution
➋ Describe the Properties of the Linear Correlation Coefficient
➌ Compute and Interpret the Linear Correlation Coefficient
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
➍ Determine Whether a Linear Relation Exists between Two Variables
Problem
Approach
Solution
➎ Explain the Difference between Correlation and Causation
Problem
Approach
Solution
4.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
4.2 Least-Squares Regression
Objectives
Problem
Approach
Solution
➊ Find the Least-Squares Regression Line and Use the Line to Make Predictions
Problem
Approach
Solution
➋ Interpret the Slope and the y-Intercept of the Least-Squares Regression Line
➌ Compute the Sum of Squared Residuals
Problem
Approach
Solution
4.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
4.3 Diagnostics on the Least-Squares Regression Line
Objectives
➊ Compute and Interpret the Coefficient of Determination
Problem
By Hand Approach
By Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
Interpretation
➋ Perform Residual Analysis on a Regression Model
➌ Identify Influential Observations
Problem
Approach
Solution
4.3 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
4.4 Contingency Tables and Association
Objectives
➊ Compute the Marginal Distribution of a Variable
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
➋ Use the Conditional Distribution to Identify Association among Categorical Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
➌ Explain Simpson’s Paradox
Problem
Approach
Solution
4.4 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Chapter 4 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
Part 3 Probability and Probability Distributions
5 Probability
Outline
5.1 Probability Rules
Objectives
❶ Understand Random Processes and the Law of Large Numbers
➋ Apply the Rules of Probabilities
➌ Compute and Interpret Probabilities Using the Empirical Method
Problem
Approach
Solution
❹ Compute and Interpret Probabilities Using the Classical Method
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❺ Recognize and Interpret Subjective Probabilities
5.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
5.2 The Addition Rule and Complements
Objectives
❶ Use the Addition Rule for Disjoint Events
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Use the General Addition Rule
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❸ Compute the Probability of an Event Using the Complement Rule
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
5.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
5.3 Independence and the Multiplication Rule
Objectives
❶ Identify Independent Events
❷ Use the Multiplication Rule for Independent Events
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❸ Compute At-Least Probabilities
Problem
Approach
Solution
5.3 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
5.4 Conditional Probability and the General Multiplication Rule
Objectives
❶ Compute Conditional Probabilities
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Compute Probabilities Using the General Multiplication Rule
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Approach I:
Approach II:
Solution
Approach I:
Approach II:
Problem
Approach
Solution
5.4 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
5.5 Counting Techniques
Objectives
❶ Solve Counting Problems Using the Multiplication Rule
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Solve Counting Problems Using Permutations
Problem
By Hand Approach
By Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❸ Solve Counting Problems Using Combinations
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
By Hand Approach
By Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❹ Solve Counting Problems Involving Permutations with Nondistinct Items
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Summary
❺ Compute Probabilities Involving Permutations and Combinations
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
5.5 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
5.6 Simulating Probability Experiments
Objective
❶ Use Simulation to Approximate Probabilities
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem:
Approach:
Solution
5.6 Assess Your Understanding
Applying the Concepts
5.7 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use?
Objectives
❶ Determine the Appropriate Probability Rule to Use
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Determine the Appropriate Counting Technique to Use
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
5.7 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Chapter 5 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
6 Discrete Probability Distributions
Outline
6.1 Discrete Random Variables
Objectives
❶ Distinguish between Discrete and Continuous Random Variables
❷ Identify Discrete Probability Distributions
Problem
Approach
Solution
❸ Graph Discrete Probability Distributions
Problem
Approach
Solution
❹ Compute and Interpret the Mean of a Discrete Random Variable
Problem
Approach
Solution
❺ Interpret the Mean of a Discrete Random Variable as an Expected Value
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
❻ Compute the Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random Variable
Problem
Approach
Solution
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
6.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
6.2 The Binomial Probability Distribution
Objectives
❶ Determine Whether a Probability Experiment Is a Binomial Experiment
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Compute Probabilities of Binomial Experiments
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
Interpretation
Interpretation
Interpretation
❸ Compute the Mean and Standard Deviation of a Binomial Random Variable
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
❹ Graph a Binomial Probability Distribution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
6.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
6.3 The Poisson Probability Distribution
Objectives
❶ Determine If a Probability Experiment Follows a Poisson Process
❷ Compute Probabilities of a Poisson Random Variable
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
Interpretation
Interpretation
❸ Find the Mean and Standard Deviation of a Poisson Random Variable
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
Interpretation
6.3 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Chapter 6 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
7 The Normal Probability Distribution
Outline
7.1 Properties of the Normal Distribution
Objectives
❶ Use the Uniform Probability Distribution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Graph a Normal Curve
❸ State the Properties of the Normal Curve
❹ Explain the Role of Area in the Normal Density Function
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
7.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
7.2 Applications of the Normal Distribution
Objectives
❶ Find and Interpret the Area under a Normal Curve
Problem
By-Hand Approach
By-Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
Problem
By-Hand Approach
By-Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
Interpretation
❷ Find the Value of a Normal Random Variable
Problem
By-Hand Approach
By-Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
Problem
By-Hand Solution
Technology Solution
Interpretation
7.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
7.3 Assessing Normality
Objective
❶ Use Normal Probability Plots to Assess Normality
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
Problem
Approach
Solution
7.3 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
7.4 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Probability Distribution
Objective
❶ Approximate Binomial Probabilities Using the Normal Distribution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
7.4 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Chapter 7 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
Part 4 Inference: From Samples to Population
8 Sampling Distributions
Outline
8.1 Distribution of the Sample Mean
Objectives
➊ Describe the Distribution of the Sample Mean: Normal Population
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
➋ Describe the Distribution of the Sample Mean: Nonnormal Population
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
8.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
8.2 Distribution of the Sample Proportion
Objectives
➊ Describe the Sampling Distribution of a Sample Proportion
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
➋ Compute Probabilities of a Sample Proportion
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
Interpretation
8.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Chapter 8 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
9 Estimating the Value of a Parameter
Outline
9.1 Estimating a Population Proportion
Objectives
❶ Obtain a Point Estimate for the Population Proportion
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Construct and Interpret a Confidence Interval for the Population Proportion
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
By Hand Approach
By-Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
❸ Determine the Sample Size Necessary for Estimating a Population Proportion within a Specified Margin of Error
Problem
Approach
Solution
9.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
9.2 Estimating a Population Mean
Objectives
❶ Obtain a Point Estimate for the Population Mean
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ State Properties of Student’s t-distribution
Solution
❸ Determine t-Values
Problem
Approach
Solution
❹ Construct and Interpret a Confidence Interval for a Population Mean
❺ Determine the Sample Size Needed to Estimate a Population Mean within a Specified Margin of Error
Problem
Approach
Solution
9.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
9.3 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation
Objectives
❶ Find Critical Values for the Chi-Square Distribution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Construct and Interpret Confidence Intervals for the Population Variance and Standard Deviation
Problem
Approach
By-Hand Approach
Technology Approach
Solution
By-Hand Solution
Technology Solution
Interpretation
9.3 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
9.4 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use?
Objective
❶ Determine the Appropriate Confidence Interval to Construct
Problem
Approach
Solution
By-Hand Solution
Technology Solution
Interpretation
9.4 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
9.5 Estimating with Bootstrapping
Objective
❶ Estimate a Parameter Using the Bootstrap Method
Problem
Approach
Solution
Interpretation
Problem
Approach
Solution
9.5 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Chapter 9 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
10 Hypothesis Tests Regarding a Parameter
Outline
10.1 The Language of Hypothesis Testing
Objectives
Problem
Approach
Solution
❶ Determine the Null and Alternative Hypotheses
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Explain Type I and Type II Errors
Problem
Approach
Solution
The Probability of Making a Type I or Type II Error
❸ State Conclusions to Hypothesis Tests
Problem
Approach
Solution
10.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
10.2 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion
Objectives
❶ Explain the Logic of Hypothesis Testing
❷ Test Hypotheses about a Population Proportion
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
❸ Test Hypotheses about a Population Proportion Using the Binomial Probability Distribution
Problem
Approach
Solution
10.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
10.3 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean
Objectives
❶ Test Hypotheses about a Mean
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
❷ Understand the Difference between Statistical Significance and Practical Significance
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
10.3 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
10.4 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Standard Deviation
Objective
❶ Test Hypotheses about a Population Standard Deviation
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
10.4 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
10.5 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use?
Objective
❶ Determine the Appropriate Hypothesis Test to Perform
10.5 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
10.6 The Probability of a Type II Error and the Power of the Test
Objectives
❶ Determine the Probability of Making a Type II Error
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Compute the Power of the Test
Problem
Approach
Solution
10.6 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
Chapter 10 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
11 Inference on Two Population Parameters
Outline
11.1 Inference about Two Population Proportions
Objectives
❶ Distinguish between Independent and Dependent Sampling
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Test Hypotheses Regarding Two Proportions from Independent Samples
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
❸ Construct and Interpret Confidence Intervals for the Difference between Two Population Proportions
Problem
Approach
Solution
By-Hand Solution
Technology Solution
Interpretation
❹ Determine the Sample Size Necessary for Estimating the Difference between Two Population Proportions
Problem
Approach
Solution
11.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
11.2 Inference about Two Means: Dependent Samples
Objectives
❶ Test Hypotheses for a Population Mean from Matched-Pairs Data
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
❷ Construct and Interpret Confidence Intervals about the Population Mean Difference of Matched-Pairs Data
Problem
By Hand Approach
By-Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
11.2 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
11.3 Inference about Two Means: Independent Samples
Objectives
➊ Test Hypotheses Regarding the Difference of Two Independent Means
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
➋ Construct and Interpret Confidence Intervals Regarding the Difference of Two Independent Means
Problem
Approach
Solution
By Hand
Technology
11.3 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building*
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
11.4 Inference about Two Population Standard Deviations
Objectives
❶ Find Critical Values of the F-distribution
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Test Hypotheses Regarding Two Population Standard Deviations
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach Using Technology
11.4 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
11.5 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use?
Objective
➊ Determine the Appropriate Hypothesis Test to Perform
11.5 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
Chapter 11 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
12 Inference on Categorical Data
Outline
12.1 Goodness-of-Fit Test
Objective
➊ Perform a Goodness-of-Fit Test
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
12.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
12.2 Tests for Independence and the Homogeneity of Proportions
Objectives
➊ Perform a Test for Independence
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
Problem
Approach
Solution
➋ Perform a Test for Homogeneity of Proportions
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
12.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
12.3 Inference about Two Population Proportions: Dependent Samples
Objective
➊ Test Hypotheses Regarding Two Proportions from Dependent Samples
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P-Value Approach
12.3 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Chapter 12 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
13 Comparing Three or More Means
Outline
13.1 Comparing Three or More Means (One-Way Analysis of Variance)
Objectives
❶ Verify the Requirements to Perform a One-Way ANOVA
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Test a Hypothesis Regarding Three or More Means Using One-Way ANOVA
13.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
13.2 Post Hoc Tests on One-Way Analysis of Variance
Objective
❶ Perform the Tukey Test
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
13.2 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
13.3 The Randomized Complete Block Design
Objectives
❶ Conduct Analysis of Variance on the Randomized Complete Block Design
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Perform the Tukey Test
Problem
Approach
Solution
13.3 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
13.4 Two-Way Analysis of Variance
Objectives
❶ Analyze a Two-Way ANOVA Design
Problem
Approach
Solution
❷ Draw Interaction Plots
Problem
By-Hand Approach
By Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
Interpretation
Problem
Approach
Solution
❸ Perform the Tukey Test
Problem
Approach
Solution
13.4 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
Chapter 13 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
14 Inference on the Least-Squares Regression Model and Multiple Regression
Outline
14.1 Testing the Significance of the Least-Squares Regression Model
Objectives
Problem
Approach
Solution
➊ State the Requirements of the Least-Squares Regression Model
➋ Compute the Standard Error of the Estimate
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
➌ Verify That the Residuals Are Normally Distributed
Problem
Approach
Solution
➍ Conduct Inference on the Slope of the Least-Squares Regression Model
Problem
Approach
Solution
Classical Approach
P -Value Approach
➎ Construct a Confidence Interval about the Slope of the Least-Squares Regression Model
Problem
By-Hand Approach
By-Hand Solution
Technology Approach
Technology Solution
14.1 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
14.2 Confidence and Prediction Intervals
Objectives
➊ Construct Confidence Intervals for a Mean Response
Problem
Approach
Solution
➋ Construct Prediction Intervals for an Individual Response
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
14.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
14.3 Introduction to Multiple Regression
Objectives
➊ Obtain the Correlation Matrix
Problem
Approach
Solution
➋ Use Technology to Find a Multiple Regression Equation
Problem
Approach
Solution
➌ Interpret the Coefficients of a Multiple Regression Equation
Problem
Approach
Solution
➍ Determine R2 and Adjusted R2
Problem
Approach
Solution
➎ Perform an F-Test for Lack of Fit
Problem
Approach
Solution
➏ Test Individual Regression Coefficients for Significance
Problem
Approach
Solution
➐ Construct Confidence and Prediction Intervals
Problem
Approach
Solution
14.3 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
14.4 Interaction and Dummy Variables
Objectives
➊ Work with Multiple Regression Models with Interaction
Problem
Solution
➋ Build Multiple Regression Models with Indicator Variables
Problem
Solution
14.4 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
14.5 Polynomial Regression
Objective
➊ Find a Quadratic Regression Equation
Approach
Solution
14.5 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
14.6 Building a Regression Model
Objectives
➊ Perform a Partial F-test
Problem
Approach
Solution
➋ Build a Regression Model
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
14.6 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Chapter 14 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
15 Nonparametric Statistics
Outline
15.1 An Overview of Nonparametric Statistics
Objective
❶ Distinguish between Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Procedures
15.1 Assess Your Understanding
Explaining the Concepts
15.2 Runs Test for Randomness
Objective
❶ Perform a Runs Test for Randomness
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
Problem
Approach
Solution
By-Hand Approach
Technology Approach
Problem
Approach
Solution
15.2 Assess Your Understanding
Vocabulary and Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
15.3 Inference about Measures of Central Tendency
Objectives
❶ Conduct a One-Sample Sign Test
Problem
Approach
Solution
By-Hand Solution
Technology Solution
15.3 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
15.4 Inference about the Difference between Two Medians: Dependent Samples
Objective
❶ Test a Hypothesis about the Difference between the Medians of Two Dependent Samples
Problem
Approach
Solution
By-Hand Solution
Technology (P-value) Solution
15.4 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
15.5 Inference about the Difference between Two Medians: Independent Samples
Objective
❶ Test a Hypothesis about the Difference between the Medians of Two Independent Samples
Problem
Approach
Solution
By-Hand Approach
Technology Approach
Problem
Approach
Solution
15.5 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
15.6 Spearman’s Rank-Correlation Test
Objective
❶ Perform Spearman’s Rank-Correlation Test
Problem
Approach
Solution
15.6 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Explaining the Concepts
15.7 Kruskal–Wallis Test
Objective
❶ Test a Hypothesis Using the Kruskal–Wallis Test
Problem
Approach
Solution
By-Hand Approach
Technology Approach
15.7 Assess Your Understanding
Skill Building
Applying the Concepts
Chapter 15 Review
Summary
Vocabulary
Formulas
Objectives
Review Exercises
Chapter Test
Photo Credits
Appendix A Tables
Answers
Chapter 1 Data Collection
1.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 11)
1.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 20)
1.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 28)
1.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 36)
1.5 Assess Your Understanding (page 42)
1.6 Assess Your Understanding (page 52)
Chapter 1 Review Exercises (page 58)
Chapter 1 Test (page 61)
Chapter 2 Organizing and Summarizing Data
2.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 74)
2.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 88)
2.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 100)
2.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 111)
Chapter 2 Review Exercises (page 114)
Chapter 2 Test (page 117)
Chapter 3 Numerically Summarizing Data
3.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 130)
3.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 146)
3.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 157)
3.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 166)
3.5 Assess Your Understanding (page 174)
Chapter 3 Review Exercises (page 180)
Chapter 3 Test (page 181)
Chapter 4 Describing the Relation between Two Variables
4.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 195)
4.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 210)
4.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 225)
4.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 239)
Chapter 4 Review Exercises (page 243)
Chapter 4 Test (page 246)
Chapter 5 Probability
5.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 260)
5.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 273)
5.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 281)
5.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 290)
5.5 Assess Your Understanding (page 303)
5.6 Assess Your Understanding (page 310)
5.7 Assess Your Understanding (page 315)
Chapter 5 Review Exercises (page 319)
Chapter 5 Test (page 321)
Chapter 6 Discrete Probability Distributions
6.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 333)
6.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 349)
6.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 356)
Chapter 6 Review Exercises (page 360)
Chapter 6 Test (page 362)
Chapter 7 The Normal Probability Distribution
7.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 372)
7.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 384)
7.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 391)
7.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 396)
Chapter 7 Review Exercises (page 398)
Chapter 7 Test (page 400)
Chapter 8 Sampling Distributions
8.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 413)
8.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 423)
Chapter 8 Review Exercises (page 426)
Chapter 8 Test (page 427)
Chapter 9 Estimating the Value of a Parameter
9.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 441)
9.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 454)
9.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 465)
9.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 467)
9.5 Assess Your Understanding (page 474)
Chapter 9 Review Exercises (page 478)
Chapter 9 Test (page 480)
Chapter 10 Hypothesis Tests Regarding a Parameter
10.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 491)
10.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 504)
10.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 515)
10.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 523)
10.5 Assess Your Understanding (page 525)
10.6 Assess Your Understanding (page 531)
Chapter 10 Review Exercises (page 534)
Chapter 10 Test (page 536)
Chapter 11 Inferences on Two Population Parameters
11.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 549)
11.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 559)
11.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 570)
11.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 582)
11.5 Assess Your Understanding (page 585)
Chapter 11 Review Exercises (page 591)
Chapter 11 Test (page 592)
Chapter 12 Inference on Categorical Data
12.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 604)
12.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 620)
12.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 628)
Chapter 12 Review Exercises (page 631)
Chapter 12 Test (page 632)
Chapter 13 Comparing Three or More Means
13.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 647)
13.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 658)
13.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 667)
13.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 680)
Chapter 13 Review Exercises (page 685)
Chapter 13 Test (page 687)
Chapter 14 Inference on the Least-Squares Regression Model and Multiple Regression
14.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 702)
14.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 710)
14.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 723)
14.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 734)
14.5 Assess Your Understanding (page 739)
14.6 Assess Your Understanding (page 751)
Chapter 14 Review Exercises (page 755)
Chapter 14 Test (page 757)
Chapter 15 Nonparametric Statistics
15.1 Assess Your Understanding (page 763)
15.2 Assess Your Understanding (page 769)
15.3 Assess Your Understanding (page 776)
15.4 Assess Your Understanding (page 785)
15.5 Assess Your Understanding (page 795)
15.6 Assess Your Understanding (page 801)
15.7 Assess Your Understanding (page 807)
Chapter 15 Review Exercises (page 810)
Chapter 15 Test (page 812)
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