Introduction to Statistics
Introduction to Statistics

Introduction to Statistics




LESSON 0. INTRODUCTION: DEFINITION AND USES OF STATISTICS
PART I
  • LESSON 1.LOOKING AT DATA: DISTRIBUTIONS
    1. Displaying Distributions
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    2. Describing Distributions
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    3. The Normal Distributions
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  • LESSON 2. LOOKING AT DATA: RELATIONSHIPS
    1. Scatterplots
    2. Correlation
    3. Least-Squares Regression
    4. Cautions about Regression and Correlation
    5. The question of Causation
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  • LESSON 3. PRODUCING DATA
    1. First Steps
    2. Design of Experiments
    3. Sampling Design
    4. Toward Statistical Inference
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    PART II
  • LESSON 4. THE STUDY OF RANDOMNESS
    1. Probability Models
    2. Random Variables
    3. Mean and Variances of Random Variables
    4. Probability Laws
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  • LESSON 5. FROM PROBABILITY TO INFERENCE
    1. Counts and Proportions
    2. Sample Means
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    PART III
  • LESSON 6. INTRODUCTION TO INFERENCE
    1. Estimating with Confidence
    2. Tests of Significance
    3. Use and Abuse of Tests
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  • LESSON 7. INFERENCE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS
    1. Inference for the Mean of a Population >
    2. Comparing Two Means
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  • LESSON 8. INFERENCE FOR COUNT DATA
    1. Inference for a Single Proportion
    2. Comparing Two Proportions
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    PART IV
  • LESSON 9. INFERENCE FOR CONTINGENCY TABLES
    1. Data Analysis for Two-Way Tables
    2. Two-way Tables
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  • LESSON 10. INFERENCE FOR REGRESSION
    1. Simple Linear Regresion
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  • LESSON 11. ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
    1. One-Way Analysis of Variance
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