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catalog contributor b11968736.
catalog created "c2001.".
catalog date "2001".
catalog date "c2001.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
catalog description "290 -- The question of causation 292 -- Statistical controversies: gun control and crime 295 -- Evidence for causation 296 -- 16 The Consumer Price Index and Government Statistics 308 -- Index numbers 309 -- Fixed market basket price indexes 310 -- Using the CPI 312 -- Understanding the CPI 315 -- Statistical controversies: does the CPI overstate inflation? 317 -- The place of government statistics 318 -- The question of social statistics 320 -- Part III Chance 343 -- 17 Thinking about Chance 345 -- The idea of probability 346 -- The ancient history of chance 349 -- Myths about chance behavior 350 -- Personal probabilities 353 -- Probability and risk 355 -- 18 Probability Models 362 -- Probability models 363 -- Probability rules 363 -- Probability models for sampling 366 -- 19 Simulation 376 -- Where do probabilities come from? 377 -- Simulation basics 378 --".
catalog description "55 -- How to live with nonsampling errors 56 -- Sample design in the real world 57 -- Questions to ask before you believe a poll 61 -- 5 Experiments, Good and Bad 71 -- Talking about experiments 72 -- How to experiment badly 73 -- Randomized comparative experiments 75 -- The logic of experimental design 77 -- Statistical significance 79 -- How to live with observational studies 79 -- 6 Experiments in the Real World 89 -- Equal treatment for all 90 -- Double-blind experiments 91 -- Statistical controversies: is it or isn't it a placebo? 92 -- Refusals, nonadherers, and dropouts 93 -- Can we generalize? 95 -- Experimental design in the real world 97 -- Matched pairs and block designs 98 -- 7 Data Ethics 108 -- Institutional review boards 110 -- Informed consent 111 -- Confidentiality 112 -- Clinical trials 113 -- Statistical controversies: hope for sale? 115 --".
catalog description "Behavioral and social science experiments 116 -- 8 Measuring 126 -- Measurement basics 127 -- Know your variables 128 -- Measurements valid and invalid 130 -- Statistical controversies: SAT exams in college admissions 133 -- Measurements accurate and inaccurate 134 -- Improving reliability, reducing bias 135 -- Pity the poor psychologist 138 -- 9 Do the Numbers Make Sense? 146 -- What didn't they tell us? 147 -- Are the numbers consistent with each other? 149 -- Are the numbers plausible? 149 -- Are the numbers too good to be true? 150 -- Is the arithmetic right? 150 -- Is there a hidden agenda? 152 -- Part II Organizing Data 171 -- 10 Graphs, Good and Bad 173 -- Data tables 175 -- Pie charts and bar graphs 176 -- Beware the pictogram 178 -- Change over time: line graphs 179 -- Watch those scales! 182 -- Making good graphs 183 -- 11 Displaying Distributions with Graphs 196 --".
catalog description "Histograms 198 -- Interpreting histograms 200 -- Stemplots 204 -- 12 Describing Distributions with Numbers 216 -- Median and quartiles 218 -- The five-number summary and boxplots 221 -- Statistical controversies: income inequality 224 -- Mean and standard deviation 227 -- Choosing numerical descriptions 230 -- 13 Normal Distributions 242 -- Density curves 244 -- The center and spread of a density curve 246 -- Normal distributions 248 -- The 68-95-99.7 rule 250 -- Standard scores 251 -- Percentiles of normal distributions 253 -- 14 Describing Relationships: Scatterplots and Correlation 262 -- Scatterplots 265 -- Interpreting scatterplots 266 -- Correlation 267 -- Understanding correlation 270 -- 15 Describing Relationships: Regression, Prediction, and Causation 283 -- Regression lines 284 -- Regression equations 286 -- Understanding prediction 289 -- Correlation and regression".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 510-527).".
catalog description "More elaborate simulations 381 -- 20 The House Edge: Expected Values 392 -- Expected values 393 -- The law of large numbers 396 -- Thinking about expected values 397 -- Finding expected values by simulation 398 -- Statistical controversies: the state of legalized gambling 399 -- Part IV Inference 417 -- 21 What is a Confidence INterval? 419 -- Estimating 420 -- Estimating with confidence 421 -- Understanding confidence intervals 424 -- Confidence intervals for a population proportion* 428 -- 22 What Is a Test of Significance? 435 -- The reasoning of statistical tests 436 -- Hypotheses and P-values 438 -- Statistical significance 442 -- Calculating P-values* 443 -- 23 Use and Abuse of Statistical Inference 451 -- Using inference wisely 452 -- The woes of significance tests 454 -- The advantages of confidence intervals 457 -- Significance at the 5% level isn't magical 458 --".
catalog description "Statistical controversies: should significance tests be banned? 459 -- Beware of searching for significance 460 -- 24 Two-Way Tables and the Chi-Square Test* 465 -- Two-way tables 466 -- Simpson's paradox 467 -- Inference for a two-way table 469 -- The chi-square test 472 -- Using the chi-square test 475 -- 25 Inference about a Population Mean* 485 -- The sampling distribution of a sample mean 486 -- Confidence intervals for a population mean 489 -- Tests for a population mean 490 -- Table A Random Digits 545 -- Table B Percentiles of the Normal Distributions 547.".
catalog description "To the Teacher: Statistics as a Liberal Discipline xiii -- Prelude: Making Sense of Statistics xix -- Statistics and You: What Lies Ahead in This Book xxv -- Part I Producing Data 1 -- 1 Where Do Data Come From? 3 -- Talking about data: individuals and variables 4 -- Observational studies 5 -- Sample surveys 8 -- Census 11 -- Experiments 12 -- Exploring the Web 14 -- 2 Samples, Good and Bad 19 -- How to sample badly 20 -- Simple random samples 21 -- Can you trust a sample? 24 -- 3 What Do Samples Tell Us? 30 -- From sample to population 31 -- Sampling variability 32 -- Margin of error and all that 35 -- Statistical controversies: should election polls be banned? 36 -- Confidence statements 38 -- Sampling from large populations 40 -- 4 Sample Surveys in the Real World 49 -- How sample surveys go wrong 50 -- Sampling errors 51 -- Nonsampling errors 52 -- Wording questions".
catalog extent "xxvi, 557 p. :".
catalog identifier "0716740087".
catalog issued "2001".
catalog issued "c2001.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "New York : W. H. Freeman,".
catalog subject "519.5 21".
catalog subject "QA276.12 .M66 2001".
catalog subject "Statistics.".
catalog tableOfContents "290 -- The question of causation 292 -- Statistical controversies: gun control and crime 295 -- Evidence for causation 296 -- 16 The Consumer Price Index and Government Statistics 308 -- Index numbers 309 -- Fixed market basket price indexes 310 -- Using the CPI 312 -- Understanding the CPI 315 -- Statistical controversies: does the CPI overstate inflation? 317 -- The place of government statistics 318 -- The question of social statistics 320 -- Part III Chance 343 -- 17 Thinking about Chance 345 -- The idea of probability 346 -- The ancient history of chance 349 -- Myths about chance behavior 350 -- Personal probabilities 353 -- Probability and risk 355 -- 18 Probability Models 362 -- Probability models 363 -- Probability rules 363 -- Probability models for sampling 366 -- 19 Simulation 376 -- Where do probabilities come from? 377 -- Simulation basics 378 --".
catalog tableOfContents "55 -- How to live with nonsampling errors 56 -- Sample design in the real world 57 -- Questions to ask before you believe a poll 61 -- 5 Experiments, Good and Bad 71 -- Talking about experiments 72 -- How to experiment badly 73 -- Randomized comparative experiments 75 -- The logic of experimental design 77 -- Statistical significance 79 -- How to live with observational studies 79 -- 6 Experiments in the Real World 89 -- Equal treatment for all 90 -- Double-blind experiments 91 -- Statistical controversies: is it or isn't it a placebo? 92 -- Refusals, nonadherers, and dropouts 93 -- Can we generalize? 95 -- Experimental design in the real world 97 -- Matched pairs and block designs 98 -- 7 Data Ethics 108 -- Institutional review boards 110 -- Informed consent 111 -- Confidentiality 112 -- Clinical trials 113 -- Statistical controversies: hope for sale? 115 --".
catalog tableOfContents "Behavioral and social science experiments 116 -- 8 Measuring 126 -- Measurement basics 127 -- Know your variables 128 -- Measurements valid and invalid 130 -- Statistical controversies: SAT exams in college admissions 133 -- Measurements accurate and inaccurate 134 -- Improving reliability, reducing bias 135 -- Pity the poor psychologist 138 -- 9 Do the Numbers Make Sense? 146 -- What didn't they tell us? 147 -- Are the numbers consistent with each other? 149 -- Are the numbers plausible? 149 -- Are the numbers too good to be true? 150 -- Is the arithmetic right? 150 -- Is there a hidden agenda? 152 -- Part II Organizing Data 171 -- 10 Graphs, Good and Bad 173 -- Data tables 175 -- Pie charts and bar graphs 176 -- Beware the pictogram 178 -- Change over time: line graphs 179 -- Watch those scales! 182 -- Making good graphs 183 -- 11 Displaying Distributions with Graphs 196 --".
catalog tableOfContents "Histograms 198 -- Interpreting histograms 200 -- Stemplots 204 -- 12 Describing Distributions with Numbers 216 -- Median and quartiles 218 -- The five-number summary and boxplots 221 -- Statistical controversies: income inequality 224 -- Mean and standard deviation 227 -- Choosing numerical descriptions 230 -- 13 Normal Distributions 242 -- Density curves 244 -- The center and spread of a density curve 246 -- Normal distributions 248 -- The 68-95-99.7 rule 250 -- Standard scores 251 -- Percentiles of normal distributions 253 -- 14 Describing Relationships: Scatterplots and Correlation 262 -- Scatterplots 265 -- Interpreting scatterplots 266 -- Correlation 267 -- Understanding correlation 270 -- 15 Describing Relationships: Regression, Prediction, and Causation 283 -- Regression lines 284 -- Regression equations 286 -- Understanding prediction 289 -- Correlation and regression".
catalog tableOfContents "More elaborate simulations 381 -- 20 The House Edge: Expected Values 392 -- Expected values 393 -- The law of large numbers 396 -- Thinking about expected values 397 -- Finding expected values by simulation 398 -- Statistical controversies: the state of legalized gambling 399 -- Part IV Inference 417 -- 21 What is a Confidence INterval? 419 -- Estimating 420 -- Estimating with confidence 421 -- Understanding confidence intervals 424 -- Confidence intervals for a population proportion* 428 -- 22 What Is a Test of Significance? 435 -- The reasoning of statistical tests 436 -- Hypotheses and P-values 438 -- Statistical significance 442 -- Calculating P-values* 443 -- 23 Use and Abuse of Statistical Inference 451 -- Using inference wisely 452 -- The woes of significance tests 454 -- The advantages of confidence intervals 457 -- Significance at the 5% level isn't magical 458 --".
catalog tableOfContents "Statistical controversies: should significance tests be banned? 459 -- Beware of searching for significance 460 -- 24 Two-Way Tables and the Chi-Square Test* 465 -- Two-way tables 466 -- Simpson's paradox 467 -- Inference for a two-way table 469 -- The chi-square test 472 -- Using the chi-square test 475 -- 25 Inference about a Population Mean* 485 -- The sampling distribution of a sample mean 486 -- Confidence intervals for a population mean 489 -- Tests for a population mean 490 -- Table A Random Digits 545 -- Table B Percentiles of the Normal Distributions 547.".
catalog tableOfContents "To the Teacher: Statistics as a Liberal Discipline xiii -- Prelude: Making Sense of Statistics xix -- Statistics and You: What Lies Ahead in This Book xxv -- Part I Producing Data 1 -- 1 Where Do Data Come From? 3 -- Talking about data: individuals and variables 4 -- Observational studies 5 -- Sample surveys 8 -- Census 11 -- Experiments 12 -- Exploring the Web 14 -- 2 Samples, Good and Bad 19 -- How to sample badly 20 -- Simple random samples 21 -- Can you trust a sample? 24 -- 3 What Do Samples Tell Us? 30 -- From sample to population 31 -- Sampling variability 32 -- Margin of error and all that 35 -- Statistical controversies: should election polls be banned? 36 -- Confidence statements 38 -- Sampling from large populations 40 -- 4 Sample Surveys in the Real World 49 -- How sample surveys go wrong 50 -- Sampling errors 51 -- Nonsampling errors 52 -- Wording questions".
catalog title "Statistics : concepts and controversies / David S. Moore.".
catalog type "text".