Mind on statistics. /
Jessica M. Utts, Robert F. Heckard.
- 2nd ed.
- Belmont, CA : Thomson-Brooks/Cole, 2004.
- xxi, 646 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents: Statistics success stories and cautionary tales -- Turning data into information -- Gathering useful data -- Sampling: Surveys and how to ask questions -- Relationships between quantitative variables -- Relationships between categorical variables -- Probability -- Random variables -- Means and proportions as random variables -- Estimating proportions with confidence -- Testing hypotheses about proportions -- More about confidence intervals -- More about significance tests -- More about regression -- More about categorical variables -- Analysis of variance -- Turning information into wisdom.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows 98, SE, ME, XP, NT, or 2000.