Applying and Interpreting Statistics: A Comprehensive Guide

The Importance of Statistics in an Informatin Based World.- Data: The Factual Information.- Statistical Models: The Experimenter's View.- Comparing Model and Data.- Probability: A Fundamental Tool of Statistics.- Some Widely Used Statistical Models.- Some Important Statistics and Their Sampling Distributions.- Statistical Analysis: The Statisticians' View.- Examining Proportions and Success Rates.- Model and Data Chekcking.- Questions About the Average Value.- Comparing Two Groups, Treatments or Processes.- Comparative Studies, Surveys and Designed Experiments.- Comparing More Than Two Treatment or Groups.- Comparing Mean Response When There Are Three or More Treatments.- Comparing Patterns of Response: Frequency Tables.- Studying Relations Between Variables.- Prediction and Estimation: The Role of Explanatory Variables.- Questions About Variability. - Cause and Effect: Statistical Perspectives.- Studying Changes in Response Over Time.