Includes index.

Getting started -- Organizing data -- Averages and variation -- Elementary probability theory -- The binomial probability distribution and related topics -- Normal curves and sampling distributions -- Estimation -- Hypothesis testing -- Correlation and regression -- Chi-square and F distributions -- Nonparametric statistics -- Appendix I: Additional topics -- Appendix II: Tables.

Provides guidance and informal advice while showing the links between statistics and the world. To reinforce this approach - and make the material interesting as well as easier to understand, this book integrates real-life data from a variety of sources, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, and the Internet.

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