Introduction to Statistical Thinking

The target audience for this book is college students who are required to learn statistics, students with little background in mathematics and often no motivation to learn more. It is assumed that the students do have basic skills in using computers and have access to one. Moreover, it is assumed th...

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Main Author: Yakir, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Benjamin Yakir [2010]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • I Introduction to Statistics
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Sampling and Data Structures
  • 3 Descriptive Statistics
  • 4 Probability
  • 5 Random Variables
  • 6 The Normal Random Variable
  • 7 The Sampling Distribution
  • 8 Overview and Integration
  • II Statistical Inference
  • 9 Introduction to Statistical Inference
  • 10 Point Estimation
  • 11 Confidence Intervals
  • 12 Testing Hypothesis
  • 13 Comparing Two Samples
  • 14 Linear Regression
  • 15 A Bernoulli Response
  • 16 Case Studies