Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data and Fathom Third Edition with Student CD and Access Code
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In its third edition, Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data and Fathom(TM) continues to emphasize collaborative learning, require reader observation, and integrate technology for gathering, recording, and synthesizing data. The third edition provides even more guidance and resources for readers to support their active learning of statistics and includes updated real data sets with everyday applications in order to promote statistical literacy. This version of the text supports the use of Fathom(TM) Dynamic Data software and includes step-by-step Fathom instructions.

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Annotated Contents  ix
Preface to the Fathom Version of Workshop Statistics xv
To the Student  xxi
Organization of Workshop Statistics xxiii
List of Activities by Application  xxix
List of Activities Using Student-Generated Data xxxvi

Unit 1  Collecting Data and Drawing Conclusions  1

Topic 1  Data and Variables  3

Topic 2 Data and Distributions  14

Topic 3  Drawing Conclusions from Studies  33

Topic 4  Random Sampling  52

Topic 5  Designing Experiments  73

Unit 2  Summarizing Data 91

Topic 6  Two-Way Tables  93

Topic 7  Displaying and Describing Distributions  118

Topic 8  Measures of Center  140

Topic 9  Measures of Spread  160

Topic 10  More Summary Measures and Graphs  184

Unit 3  Randomness in Data  207

Topic 11  Probability  209

Topic 12 Normal Distributions  233

Topic 13  Sampling Distributions: Proportions  254

Topic 14  Sampling Distributions: Means  276

Topic 15  Central Limit Theorem  297

Unit 4 Inference from Data: Principles  313

Topic 16  Confidence Intervals: Proportions 315

Topic 17  Tests of Significance: Proportions 337

Topic 18 More Inference Considerations  358

Topic 19  Confidence Intervals: Means  375

Topic 20  Tests of Significance: Means 396

Unit 5 Inference from Data: Comparisons  413

Topic 21  Comparing Two Proportions 415

Topic 22  Comparing Two Means  441

Topic 23  Analyzing Paired Data 465

Unit 6 Inferences with Categorical Data  487

Topic 24  Goodness-of-Fit Tests  489

Topic 25  Inference for Two-Way Tables  511

Unit 7  Relationships in Data  535

Topic 26  Graphical Displays of Association  537

Topic 27  Correlation Coefficient  558

Topic 28  Least Squares Regression  580

Topic 29  Inference for Correlations and Regression  607

Topic 30. Probability Rules *online only

Topic 31: Random Variables *online only

Topic 32. Binomial Distribution *online only

Topic 33. Analysis of Variance *online only

Table I Random Digits  627
Table II Standard Normal Probabilities 629
Table III t-Distribution Critical Values  631
Table IV  Chi-Square Distribution Critical Values  632
Appendix A  Student Glossary  633
Appendix B  Sources for Studies and Datasets  639
Appendix C  List of Data Files and Applets  653
Fathom Dynamic Data Software Quick Reference  655
Index 661

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