Workshop Statistics Book

	Preface to the Second Edition
	Preface to the First Edition
	To the Instructor
	To the Student
	List of Activities
Unit I	Exploring Data: Distributions
Topic 1	Data and Variables	3
Topic 2	Data, Variables, and Calculators	19
Topic 3	Displaying and Describing Distributions	41
Topic 4	Measures of Center	67
Topic 5	Measures of Spread	87
Unit II	Exploring Data: Comparisons and Relationships
Topic 6	Comparing Distributions I: Quantitative Variables	115
Topic 7	Comparing Distributions II: Categorical Variables	137
Topic 8	Graphical Displays of Association	161
Topic 9	Correlation Coefficient	185
Topic 10	Least Squares Regression I	205
Topic 11	Least Squares Regression II	227
Unit III	Collecting Data
Topic 12	Sampling	247
Topic 13	Designing Studies	273
Unit IV	Randomness in Data
Topic 14	Probability	303
Topic 15	Normal Distributions	325
Topic 16	Sampling Distributions I: Proportions	343
Topic 17	Sampling Distributions II: Means	365
Topic 18	Central Limit Theorem	385
Unit V	Inference from Data: Principles
Topic 19	Confidence Intervals I: Proportions	403
Topic 20	Confidence Intervals II: Means	425
Topic 21	Tests of Significance I: Proportions	443
Topic 22	Tests of Significance II: Means	463
Topic 23	More Inference Considerations	479
Unit VI	Inference from Data: Comparisons and Relationships
Topic 24	Comparing Two Proportions	503
Topic 25	Comparing Two Means	525
Topic 26	Inference for Two-Way Tables	551
Topic 27	Inference for Correlation and Regression	569
Table I	Random Number Table	587
Table II	Standard Normal Probabilities	589
Table III	t-Distribution Critical Values	593
Table IV	Chi-Square Distribution Critical Values	595
	App. A: Student Glossary	597
	App. B: Sources for Data Sets	603
	Index	613