Mostly Harmless Statistics

This text is for an introductory level probability and statistics course with an intermediate algebra prerequisite. The focus of the text follows the American Statistical Association’s Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE). Software examples provided for Microsoft...

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Main Author: Webb, Rachel L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Portland State University Library [2021]
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505 0 |a Chapter 1 Introduction to Data -- Chapter 2 Organizing Data -- Chapter 3 Descriptive Statistics -- Chapter 4 Probability -- Chapter 5 Discrete Probability Distributions -- Chapter 6 Continuous Probability Distributions -- Chapter 7 Confidence Intervals for One Population -- Chapter 8 Hypothesis Tests for One Population -- Chapter 9 Hypothesis Tests & Confidence Intervals for Two Populations -- Chapter 10 Chi-Square Tests -- Chapter 11 Analysis of Variance -- Chapter 12 Correlation and Regression -- Chapter 12 Formulas -- Chapter 12 Exercises -- Chapter 13 Nonparametric Tests 
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