Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
ISBN-13: 9780321693945
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 An Overview
1.2 Some Examples
1.3 A Brief History
Probability: The Early Years
Statistics: From Aristotle to Quetelet
Staatenkunde: The Comparative Description of States
Political Arithmetic
Quetelet: The Catalyst
1.4 A Chapter Summary
2 PROBABILITY
2.1 Introduction
The Evolution of the Definition of Probability
2.2 Sample Spaces and the Algebra of Sets
Unions, Intersections, and Complements
Expressing Events Graphically: Venn Diagrams
2.3 The Probability Function
Some Basic Properties of P
2.4 Conditional Probability
Applying Conditional Probability to Higher-Order Intersections
Calculating “Unconditional” and “Inverse” Probabilities
Bayes’ Theorem
2.5 Independence
Deducing Independence
Defining the Independence of More Than Two Events
2.6 Combinatorics
Counting Ordered Sequences: The Multiplication Rule
Counting Permutations (when the objects are all distinct)
Counting Permutations (when the objects are not all distinct)
Counting Combinations
2.7 Combinatorial Probability
2.8 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Monte Carlo Techniques)
3 RANDOM VARIABLES
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Binomial and Hypergeometric Probabilities
The Binomial Probability Distribution
3.3 Discrete Random Variables
Assigning Probabilities: The Discrete Case
Defining “New” Sample Spaces
The Probability Density Function
The Cumulative Distribution Function
3.4 Continuous Random Variables
Choosing the Function f(t)
Fitting f(t) to Data: The Density-Scaled Histogram
Continuous Probability Density Functions
Continuous Cumulative Distribution Functions
3.5 Expected Values
A Second Measure of Central Tendency: The Median
The Expected Value of a Function of a Random Variable
3.6 The Variance
Higher Moments
3.7 Joint Densities
Discrete Joint Pdfs
Continuous Joint Pdfs
Geometric Probability
Marginal Pdfs for Continuous Random Variables
Joint Cdfs
Multivariate Densities
Independence of Two Random Variables
Independence of n (>2) Random Variables
Random Samples
3.8 Transforming and Combining Random Variables
Transformations
Finding the Pdf of a Sum
Finding the Pdfs of Quotients and Products
3.9 Further Properties of the Mean and Variance
Calculating the Variance of a Sum of Random Variables
3.10 Order Statistics
The Distribution of Extreme Order Statistics
A General Formula for fYi (y)
Joint Pdfs of Order Statistics
3.11 Conditional Densities
Finding Conditional Pdfs for Discrete Random Variables
3.12 Moment-Generating Functions
Calculating a Random Variable’s Moment-Generating Function
Using Moment-Generating Functions to Find Moments
Using Moment-Generating Functions to Find Variances
Using Moment-Generating Functions to Identify Pdfs
3.13 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Interpreting Means)
Appendix 3.A.1 Minitab Applications
4 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTIONS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Poisson Distribution
The Poisson Limit
The Poisson Distribution
Fitting the Poisson Distribution to Data
The Poisson Model: The Law of Small Numbers
Calculating Poisson Probabilities
Intervals Between Events: The Poisson/Exponential Relationship
4.3 The Normal Distribution
Finding Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve
The Continuity Correction
Central Limit Theorem
The Normal Curve as a Model for Individual Measurements
4.4 The Geometric Distribution
4.5 The Negative Binomial Distribution
4.6 The Gamma Distribution
Generalizing the Waiting Time Distribution
Sums of Gamma Random Variables
4.7 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Monte Carlo Simulations)
Appendix 4.A.1 Minitab Applications
Appendix 4.A.2 A Proof of the Central Limit Theorem
5 ESTIMATION
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Estimating Parameters: The Method of Maximum Likelihood and the Method of Moments
The Method of Maximum Likelihood
Applying the Method of Maximum Likelihood
Using Order Statistics as Maximum Likelihood Estimates
Finding Maximum Likelihood Estimates When More Than One Parameter Is Unknown
The Method of Moments
5.3 Interval Estimation
Confidence Intervals for the Binomial Parameter, p
Margin of Error
Choosing Sample Sizes
5.4 Properties of Estimators
Unbiasedness
Efficiency
5.5 Minimum-Variance Estimators: The Cramér-Rao Lower Bound
5.6 Sufficient Estimators
An Estimator That Is Sufficient
An Estimator That Is Not Sufficient
A Formal Definition
A Second Factorization Criterion
Sufficiency as It Relates to Other Properties of Estimators
5.7 Consistency
5.8 Bayesian Estimation
Prior Distributions and Posterior Distributions
Bayesian Estimation
Using the Risk Function to Find θ
5.9 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Beyond Classical Estimation)
Appendix 5.A.1 Minitab Applications
6 HYPOTHESIS TESTING
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Decision Rule
Expressing Decision Rules in Terms of Z Ratios
One-Sided Versus Two-Sided Alternatives
Testing H0: μ = μo (σ Known)
The P-Value
6.3 Testing Binomial Data—H0: p = po
A Large-Sample Test for the Binomial Parameter p
A Small-Sample Test for the Binomial Parameter p
6.4 Type I and Type II Errors
Computing the Probability of Committing a Type I Error
Computing the Probability of Committing a Type II Error
Power Curves
Factors That Influence the Power of a Test
The Effect of α on 1−β
The Effects of σ and n on 1−β
Decision Rules for Nonnormal Data
6.5 A Notion of Optimality: The Generalized Likelihood Ratio
6.6 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Statistical Significance versus “Practical” Significance)
7 INFERENCES BASED ON THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Comparing Y-μ/σ /√n and Y-μ/S/√n
7.3 Deriving the Distribution of Y-μ/S /√n
Using the F Distribution to Derive the pdf for t Ratios
fTn(t) and fZ (Z): How the Two Pdfs Are Related
7.4 Drawing Inferences About μ
t Tables
Constructing a Confidence Interval for μ
Testing H0:μ = μo (The One-Sample t Test)
Testing H0: μ = μo When the Normality Assumption Is Not Met
7.5 Drawing Inferences About σ²
Chi Square Tables
Constructing Confidence Intervals for σ²
Testing H0: σ² = σ²
7.6 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Type II Error)
Simulations
Appendix 7.A.1 Minitab Applications
Appendix 7.A.2 Some Distribution Results for Y; and S²
Appendix 7.A.3 A Proof that the One-Sample t Test is a GLRT
Appendix 7.A.4 A Proof of Theorem 7.5.2
8 TYPES OF DATA: A BRIEF OVERVIEW
8.1 Introduction
Definitions
Possible Designs
8.2 Classifying Data
One-Sample Data
Two-Sample Data
k-Sample Data
Paired Data
Randomized Block Data
Regression Data
Categorical Data
A Flowchart for Classifying Data
8.3 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Samples Are Not “Valid”!)
9 TWO-SAMPLE INFERENCES
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Testing H0: μX=μY
The Behrens-Fisher Problem
9.3 Testing H0: σ²X=σ²Y—The F Test
9.4 Binomial Data: Testing H0: Px = Py
Applying the Generalized Likelihood Ratio Criterion
9.5 Confidence Intervals for the Two-Sample Problem
9.6 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Choosing Samples)
Appendix 9.A.1 A Derivation of the Two-Sample t Test (A Proof of Theorem 9.2.2)
Appendix 9.A.2 Minitab Applications
10 GOODNESS-OF-FIT TESTS
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Multinomial Distribution
A Multinomial/Binomial Relationship
10.3 Goodness-of-Fit Tests: All Parameters Known
The Goodness-of-Fit Decision Rule—An Exception
10.4 Goodness-of-Fit Tests: Parameters Unknown
10.5 Contingency Tables
Testing for Independence: A Special Case
Testing for Independence: The General Case
Reducing” Continuous Data to Contingency Tables
10.6 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Outliers)
Appendix 10.A.1 Minitab Applications
11 REGRESSION
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The Method of Least Squares
Residuals
Interpreting Residual Plots
Nonlinear Models
11.3 The Linear Model
A Special Case
Estimating the Linear Model Parameters
Properties of Linear Model Estimators
Estimating σ²
Drawing Inferences about β1
Drawing Inferences about β0
Drawing Inferences about σ²
Drawing Inferences about E(Y | x)
Drawing Inferences about Future Observations
Testing the Equality of Two Slopes
11.4 Covariance and Correlation
Measuring the Dependence Between Two Random Variables
The Correlation Coefficient
Estimating ρ(X, Y): The Sample Correlation Coefficient
Interpreting R
11.5 The Bivariate Normal Distribution
Generalizing the Univariate Normal pdf
Properties of the Bivariate Normal Distribution
Estimating Parameters in the Bivariate Normal pdf
Testing H0: ρ =0
11.6 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (How Not to Interpret the Sample Correlation Coefficient)
Appendix 11.A.1 Minitab Applications
Appendix 11.A.2 A Proof of Theorem 11.3.3
12 THE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The F Test
Sums of Squares
Testing H0: μ1 =μ2 =. . .=μk When σ² Is Known
Testing H0: μ1 =μ2 =. . .=μk When σ² Is Unknown
ANOVA Tables
Computing Formulas
Comparing the Two-Sample t Test with the Analysis of Variance
12.3 Multiple Comparisons: Tukey’s Method
A Background Result: The Studentized Range Distribution
12.4 Testing Subhypotheses with Contrasts
12.5 Data Transformations
12.6 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Putting the Subject of Statistics Together—The Contributions of Ronald A. Fisher)
Appendix 12.A.1 Minitab Applications
Appendix 12.A.2 A Proof of Theorem 12.2.2
Appendix 12.A.3 The Distribution of SSTR/(k-1)/SSE/(n-k) When H1 is True
13 RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGNS
13.1 Introduction
13.2 The F Test for a Randomized Block Design
Computing Formulas
Tukey Comparisons for Randomized Block Data
Contrasts for Randomized Block Data
13.3 The Paired t Test
Criteria for Pairing
The Equivalence of the Paired t Test and the Randomized Block ANOVA When k = 2
13.4 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Choosing between a Two-Sample t Test and a Paired t Test)
Appendix 13.A.1 Minitab Applications
14 NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS
14.1 Introduction
14.2 The Sign Tet
A Small-Sample Sign Test
Using the Sign Test for Paired Data
14.3 Wilcoxon Tests
Testing H0: μ=μo
Calculating pW(w)
Tables of the cdf, FW(w)
A Large-Sample Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
Testing H0 :μD =0 (Paired Data)
Testing H0 : μX =μY (The Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test)
14.4 The Kruskal-Wallis Test
14.5 The Friedman Test
14.6 Testing for Randomness
14.7 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Comparing Parametric and Nonparametric Procedures)
Appendix 14.A.1 Minitab Applications
Appendix: Statistical Tables
Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Questions
Bibliography
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