A casebook for a first course in statistics and data analysis
- New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
- xi., 314p., app., ind., 25 cm X 20 cm
Recommended by: Banikanta Mishra
Content:
DATA ANALYSIS Association between two variables; Comparison of location and variation in sub-groups; Data summary; Examination of univariate data; Identifying subgroups; Transformations; Variation over time F Eruptions of the "Old Faithful" geyser 5 F International adoption rates 13 G The performance of stock mutual funds 21 O Predicting the sales and airplay of popular music 23 O Another look at the "Old Faithful" geyser and adoption visas 24 F Productivity versus quality in the assembly plant 25 O Health care spending in the United States 32
Applied Probability
-> The flight of the space shuttle Challenger 33
Statistical Inference
-> Volume and weight from a vineyard harvest 86 -> Baseball free agency: do teams get what they pay for? 101 -> Reporting of sexual partners by men and women 113 -> The comparative volatility of stock exchanges 123
Analysis involving Regression
-> Emergency calls to the New York Auto Club 145 -> Purchasing power parity: is it true? 153 -> PCB contamination of U.S. bays and estuaries 164 -> Electricity usage, temperature and occupancy 177 -> The effectiveness of National Basketball Association guards 201 -> The possibility of voting fraud in an election 213 -> The birth of a beluga whale 256 APPLIED PROBABILITY Binomial random variable; Central Limit Theorem; Conditional probability; Definitions of probability; Extra-Binomial variation; Gaussian (normal) distribution F The flight of the space shuttle Challenger 33 F Random drug and disease testing 37 G Amniocentesis, blood tests, and Down's syndrome 41 G Perceptions of the New York City subway system: safety and cleanliness 43 O Perceptions of the New York City subway system: other issues 47 F The Central Limit Theorem for census data 48 F The sampling distribution for the median 59 F The sampling distribution for the standard deviation 67 F Racial imbalance in Nassau County public schools 72
Statistical Inference
-> Air bags and types of automobiles 134 -> A further look at the reporting of sexual partners by men and women 137 STATISTICAL INFERENCE Comparison of Binomial proportions; Confidence interval; Contingency tables; Hypothesis testing; Paired sample comparisons; Prediction interval; t--statistic; Tests for difference in location; Tests of independence; Two-sample (unpaired sample) comparisons; z-statistic F The return on stocks in the Over the Counter market 82 F Volume and weight from a vineyard harvest 86 O The performance of stock mutual funds compared to the market as a whole 99 O The return on stocks in the New York Stock Exchange 100 F Baseball free agency: do teams get what they pay for? 101 O Baseball free agency: another look at player effectiveness 112 F Reporting of sexual partners by men and women 113 F The comparative volatility of stock exchanges 123 G Validity of t-testing for the sexual partners reported by men and women 129 O Subgroups in the "Old Faithful" geyser data 130 O Mortgage rates for different types of mortgages 131 F Condom use and the prevention of AIDS 132 F Air bags and types of automobiles 134 F A further look at the reporting of sexual partners by men and women 137 O Betting on professional football -- can you beat the bookies? 142 O Formal investigation of the perceptions of the New York City subway system 144
Analysis involving Regression
-> Emergency calls to the New York Auto Club 145 -> PCB contamination of U.S. bays and estuaries 164 ANALYSIS INVOLVING REGRESSION Indicator variables; Lagged variables; Model selection; Multiple regression; Prediction; Regression coefficients; Regression diagnostics; Residuals; Semilog model; Simple regression; Time series data; Transformation; Unusual observations; Weighted regression F Emergency calls to the New York Auto Club 145 F Purchasing power parity: is it true? 153 F PCB contamination of U.S. bays and estuaries 164 F Electricity usage, temperature and occupancy 177 G Long and short term performance of stock mutual funds 185 F Estimating rates of return of investments 186 O Predicting international adoption visas from earlier years 189 O The pattern in employment rates over time 190 F Estimating a demand function 191 F The effectiveness of National Basketball Association guards 201 F The possibility of voting fraud in an election 213 G Purchasing power parity and high inflation countries 222 G Prediction of the time interval between "Old Faithful" eruptions 224 G The success of teams in the National Hockey League 227 G The effectiveness of NBA guards: assists per minute 230 O The effectiveness of NBA guards: beyond points and assists 232 O Another look at emergency calls to the New York Auto Club 233 O Subgroups in the electricity consumption data 234 O A closer look at productivity and quality in the assembly plant 235 O Predicting mortgage rates for different types of mortgages 236 F Better prediction of the yield in a small vineyard 237 G Incomes of Long Island communities 247 G Looking more deeply into the average weight per lug from a vineyard 250 O Predicting incomes of Long Island communities 252 G Prediction of yields from partial harvesting in a small vineyard 253 F The birth of a beluga whale 256 F Estimating a demand function -- it's about time 276 G A comparison of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S & P 500 index 283 O Further investigation of the DJIA and the S & P 500 index 285