Fundamentals of Statistics, 6th Edition, By Michael Sullivan (Solutions Manual )

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I. GETTING THE INFORMATION YOU NEED 1. Data Collection 1.1 Introduction to the Practice of Statistics 1.2 Observational Studies versus Designed Experiments 1.3 Simple Random Sampling 1.4 Othe... r Effective Sampling Methods 1.5 Bias in Sampling 1.6 The Design of Experiments Chapter 1 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: What College Should I Attend? II. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 2. Summarizing Data in Tables and Graphs 2.1 Organizing Qualitative Data 2.2 Organizing Quantitative Data 2.3 Graphical Misrepresentations of Data Chapter 2 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: Tables or Graphs? 3. Numerically Summarizing Data 3.1 Measures of Central Tendency 3.2 Measures of Dispersion 3.3 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion from Grouped Data 3.4 Measures of Position and Outliers 3.5 The Five-Number Summary and Boxplots Chapter 3 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: What Car Should I Buy? 4. Describing the Relation between Two Variables 4.1 Scatter Diagrams and Correlation 4.2 Least-Squares Regression 4.3 The Coefficient of Determination 4.4 Contingency Tables and Association Chapter 4 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: Relationships among Variables on a World Scale III. PROBABILITY AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS 5. Probability 5.1 Probability Rules 5.2 The Addition Rule and Complements 5.3 Independence and the Multiplication Rule 5.4 Conditional Probability and the General Multiplication Rule 5.5 Counting Techniques 5.6 Simulating Probability Experiments 5.7 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use? Chapter 5 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: The Effects of Drinking and Driving 6. Discrete Probability Distributions 6.1 Discrete Random Variables 6.2 The Binomial Probability Distribution Chapter 6 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: Should We Convict? 7. The Normal Probability Distribution 7.1 Properties of the Normal Distribution 7.2 Applications of the Normal Distribution 7.3 Assessing Normality 7.4 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Probability Distribution Chapter 7 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: Stock Picking IV. INFERENCE: FROM SAMPLES TO POPULATION 8. Sampling Distributions 8.1 Distribution of the Sample Mean 8.2 Distribution of the Sample Proportion Chapter 8 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: How Much Time Do You Spend in a Day . . . ? 9. Estimating the Value of a Parameter 9.1 Estimating a Population Proportion 9.2 Estimating a Population Mean 9.3 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use? 9.4 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation (eText) 9.5 Estimating with Bootstrapping (eText) Chapter 9 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: How Much Should I Spend for this House? 10. Hypothesis Tests Regarding a Parameter 10.1 The Language of Hypothesis Testing 10.2 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion 10.2A Using Simulation to Perform Hypothesis Tests on a Population Proportion (eText) 10.2B Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion Using the Normal Model (eText) 10.3 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean 10.3A Using Simulation and the Bootstrap to Perform Hypothesis Tests on a Population Mean (eText) 10.4 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use? 10.5 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Standard Deviation (eText) Chapter 10 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: Selecting a Mutual Fund 11. Inference on Two Population Parameters 11.1 Inference about Two Population Proportions 11.1A Using Randomization Techniques to Compare Two Proportions (eText) 11.2 Inference about Two Means: Dependent Samples 11.2A Using Bootstrapping to Conduct Inference on Two Dependent Means (eText) 11.3 Inference about Two Means: Independent Samples 11.3A Using Randomization Techniques to Compare Two Independent Means (eText) 11.4 Putting It Together: Which Method Do I Use? 11.5 Inference about Two Population Standard Deviations (eText) Chapter 11 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: Which Car Should I Buy? 12. Additional Inferential Method s 12.1 Goodness-of-Fit Test 12.2 Tests for Independence and the Homogeneity of Proportions 12.3 Testing the Significance of the Least-Squares Regression Model 12.3A Using Randomization Techniques on the Slope of the Least-Squares Regression Line (eText) 12.4 Confidence and Prediction Intervals Chapter 12 Review Chapter Test Making an Informed Decision: Benefits of College Photo Credits Appendix A: Tables Appendix B (eText) : B.1 Lines B.2 Inference about Two Population Proportions: Dependent Samples B.3 Comparing Three or More Means (One-Way Analysis of Variance) Answers Subject Index Tables and Formulas for Sullivan, Fundamentals of Statistics, 6e [Show More]

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