Table of Contents for Statistics Concepts and Controversies

To the Teacher xi
Introduction xv
 
I Collecting data 1
1. Sampling 3
2. Experimentation 63
3. Measurement 110
 
II Organizing data 141
4. Tables, graphs, and distributions 143
5. Descriptive statistics: Few numbers in place of many 172
6. Understanding relationships 203
7. The Consumer Price Index and its neighbors 234
 
III Drawing conclusions from data 259
8. Probability: The study of randomness 261
9. Formal statistical reasoning 296
 
Table A Random digits 344
Table B The standard normal distribution 345
Table C Normal critical values 346
Index 348