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Mind on Statistics
About this book
Learn why statistics are important and how you can use statistical principles and methods to make better decisions in your professional and daily life with Utts/Heckard's MIND ON STATISTICS, 6th Edition. This unique approach changes any preconceptions you may have about statistics being boring as you develop a conceptual understanding of statistical ideas and learn the importance of looking for -- and finding -- meaning in data. Intriguing questions capture your attention while meaningful explanations demonstrate the relevance of statistical with updated and new examples and contemporary case studies. You develop a strong statistical intuition as you learn to analyze data and interpret results. As you strengthen your statistical literacy, you also develop an understanding of statistical methodology. A new Statistical Analysis and Learning Tool (SALT) within WebAssign helps you visualize statistics and gain a deeper conceptual understanding of the meaning behind the data.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Statistics Success Stories and Cautionary Tales
- Chapter 2: Turning Data into Information
- Chapter 3: Relationships Betweeen Quantitative Variables
- Chapter 4: Relationships Between Categorical Variables
- Chapter 5: Sampling: Surveys and How to Ask Questions
- Chapter 6: Gathering Useful Data for Examining Relationships
- Chapter 7: Probability
- Chapter 8: Random Variables
- Chapter 9: Understanding Sampling Distributions: Statistics as Random Variables
- Chapter 10: Estimating Proportions with Confidence
- Chapter 11: Estimating Means with Confidence
- Chapter 12: Testing Hypothes About Proportions
- Chapter 13: Testing Hypotheses About Means
- Chapter 14: Inference Aboot Simple Regression
- Chapter 15: More About Inference for Categorical Variables
- Chapter 16: Analysis of Variance
- Chapter 17: Turning Informatiin Into Wisdom
- Appendix of Tables
- References
- Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Exercises
- Index