Statistics 4th Edition
Author: David Freedman, Robert Pisani, Roger Purves

Index Code :  Science.Statistics.BasicStatistics

Example Code

Chapters / Sections

Examples
1. Controlled Experiments
    1. The Salk Vaccine Field Trial
    2. The Portacaval Shunt
    3. Historical Controls
    4. Summary
2. Observational Studies Equations
    1. Introduction
    2. The Clofibrate Trial
    3. More Examples
    4. Sex Bias in Graduate Admissions
    5. Confounding
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Summary and Overview
3. The HIstogram  
    1. Introduction 1
    2. Drawing a Histogram 1
    3. The Density Scale 1
    4. Variables 2
    5. Controlling for a Variable
    6. Cross-Tabulation
    7. Selective Breeding
    8. Review Exercises
    9. Summary
4. The Average and the Standard Deviation  
    1. Introduction
    2. The Average 3
    3. The Average and the Histogram 6
    4. The Root-Mean-Square 1
    5. The Standard Deviation 4
    6. Computing the Standard Deviation 5
    7. Using a Statistical Calculator
    8. Review Exercises
    9. Summary
5. The Normal Approximation for Data  
    1. The Normal Curve 1
    2. Finding Areas under the Normal Curve 1
    3. The Normal Approximation for Data 2
    4. Percentiles 2
    5. Percentiles and the Normal Curve 1
    6. Change of Scale 1
    7. Review Exercises
    8. Summary
6. Measurement Error  
    1. Introduction
    2. Chance Error
    3. Outliers
    4. Bias
    5. Review Exercises
    6. Special Review Exercises
    7. Summary and Overview
7. Plotting Points and Lines
    1. Reading Points off a Graph
    2. Plotting Points
    3. Slope and Intercept
    4. Plotting Lines
    5. The Algebraic Equation for a Line
8. Correlation
    1. The Scatter Diagram
    2. The Correlation Coefficient
    3. The SD Line
    4. Computing the Correlation Coefficient 1
    5. Review Exercises
    6. Summary
9. More about Correlation
    1. Features of the Correlation Coefficient
    2. Changing SDs
    3. Some Exceptional Cases
    4. Ecological Correlation
    5. Association is Not Causation
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Summary
10. Regression
    1. Introduction 2
    2. The Graph of Averages
    3. The Regression Method for Individuals 1
    4. The Regression Fallacy
    5. There Are Two Regression Lines
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Summary
11. The R.M.S. Error for Regression
    1. Introduction
    2. Computing the R.M.S. Error
    3. Plotting the Residuals
    4. Looking at Vertical Strips 2
    5. Using the Normal Curve Inside a Vertical Strip 1
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Summary
12. The Regression Line
    1. Slope and Intercept
    2. The Method of Least Squares
    3. Does the Regression Make Sense?
    4. Review Exercises
    5. Summary and Overview
13. What Are the Chances?
    1. Introduction 2
    2. Conditional Probabilities
    3. The Multiplication Rule 3
    4. Independence
    5. The Collins Case
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Summary
14. More about Chance
    1. Listing the Ways
    2. The Addition Rule
    3. Two FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
    4. The Paradox of the Chevalier De Mere
    5. Are Real Dive Fair?
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Summary
15. The Binomial Formula
    1. Introduction
    2. The Binormial Formula
    3. Review Exercises
    4. Special Review Exercises
    5. Summary and Overview
16. The Law of Averages
    1. What Does the Law of Averages Say?
    2. Chance processes
    3. The Sum of Draws
    4. Making a Box Model
    5. Review Exercises
    6. Summary
17. The Expected Value and Standard Error
    1. The Expected Value 1
    2. The Standard Error 1
    3. Using the Normal Curve
    4. A Short-Cut
    5. Classifying and Counting
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Postscript
    8. Summary
18. The Normal Approximation for Probability Histograms
    1. Introduction
    2. Probability Histograms
    3. Probability Histograms and the Normal Curve
    4. The Normal Approximation 5
    5. The Scope of the Normal Approximation
    6. Conclusion
    7. Review Exercises
    8. Summary
19. Sample Surveys
    1. Introduction
    2. The Literary Digest Poll
    3. The Year the Polls Elected Dewey
    4. Using Chance in Survey Work
    5. How Well Do Probability Methods Work?
    6. A Closer Look at the Gallup Poll
    7. Telephone Surveys
    8. Chance Error and Bias
    9. Review Exercises
    10. Summary
20. Chance Errors in Sampling
    1. Introduction
    2. The Expected Value and Standard Error 2
    3. Using the Normal Curve 2
    4. The Correction Factor 5
    5. The Gallup Poll
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Summary
21. The Accuracy of Percentages
    1. Introduction 2
    2. Confidence Intervals
    3. Interpreting a Confidence Interval 5
    4. Caveat Emptor
    5. The Gallup Poll
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Summary
22. Measuring Employment and Unemployment
    1. Introduction
    2. The Design of the Current Population Survey
    3. Carrying out the Survey
    4. Weighting the Sample
    5. Standard Errors
    6. The Quality of the Data
    7. Bias
    8. Review Exercises
    9. Summary
23. The Accuracy of Averages
    1. Introduction 6
    2. The Sample Average 6
    3. Which SE? 1
    4. A Reminder
    5. Review Exercises
    6. Special Review Exercises
    7. Summary and Overview
24. A Model for Measurement Error
    1. Estimating the Accuracy of an Average
    2. Chance Models
    3. The Gauss Model
    4. Conclusion
    5. Review Exercises
    6. Summary
25. Chance Models in Genetics
    1. How Mendel Discovered Genes
    2. Did Mendel's Facts Fit HIs Model?
    3. The Law of Regression
    4. An Appreciation of the Model
    5. Review Exercises
    6. Summary and Overview
26. Tests of Significance
    1. Introduction
    2. The Null and the Alternative
    3. Test Statistics and Significance Levels 4
    4. Making a Test of Significance
    5. Zero-One Boxes 6 7
    6. The t-Test 4
    7. Review Exercises
    8. Summary
27. More Tests for Averages
    1. The Standard Error for a Difference 3
    2. Comparing Two Sample Averages 4
    3. Experiments 1
    4. More on Experiments 1
    5. When Does the z-Test Apply?
    6. Review Exercises
    7. Summary
28. The Chi-Square Test
    1. Introduction
    2. The Stucture of the Chi-Square-Test 3
    3. How Fisher Used the Chi-Square-Test 3
    4. Test Independence 2
    5. Review Exercises
    6. Summary
29. A Closer Look at Tests of Significance
    1. Was the Result Significant?
    2. Data Snooping
    3. Was the Result Important?
    4. The Role of the Model
    5. Does the Difference Prove the Point?
    6. Conclusion
    7. Review Exercises
    8. Special Review Exercises
    9. Summary and Overview