Table of Contents

Part I Exploring and Understanding Data

  1. Stats Starts Here
  2. Telling the stories of Categorical Data
  3. Exploring Quantitative Data
  4. Telling the stories Quantitative Data Tell
  5. Under Normal Circumstances 

Part II Exploring Relationships Between Variables

  1. A Tale of Two Variables
  2. Line Up!
  3. Ahead of the Curve

Part III Gathering Data

  1. Samples
  2. Observational Studies and Experiments
  3. Using Randomness

Part IV Randomness and Probability

  1. Let Me Count the Ways
  2. What Are the Chances?
  3. Probability Rules!
  4. Probability Models

Part V From the Data at Hand to the World at Large

  1. Confidence Intervals for a Proportion
  2. Surprised? Testing Hypotheses About Proportions
  3. Inferences About a Mean
  4. Comparing Proportions or Means
  5. Comparing Counts

Appendixes

A. Selected Formulas

B. Guide to Statistical Software

C. Answers

D. Photo Acknowledgements

E. Index

F. Tables