Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data

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This text is an unbound, binder-ready edition. Allan Rossman's 4th Edition of Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data, Binder Ready Version is enhanced from previous issues with more focus and emphasis on collaborative learning. It further requires student observation, and integrates technology for gathering, recording, and synthesizing data. The text offers more flexibility in selecting technology tools for classrooms primarily using technologies other than graphing calculators or Fathom Dynamic Data software. Furthermore, it presents more standards for teaching statistics in an innovative, investigative, and accessible as well as provides in-depth guidance and resources to support active learning of statistics and includes updated real data sets with everyday applications in order to promote statistical literacy. Cover Page Wiley Plus Title Page Copyright Page About the Authors Contents Annotated Contents Preface To the Student Supplementary Materials Organization of Workshop Statistics List of Activities by Application List of Activities Using Student-Generated Data Photo Credits Unit 1: Collecting Data and Drawing Conclusions Topic 1: Data and Variables Topic 2: Data and Distributions Topic 3: Drawing Conclusions from Studies Topic 4: Random Sampling Topic 5: Designing Experiments Lab 1: Friend or Foe? Unit 2: Summarizing Data Topic 6: Two-Way Tables Lab 2: Is Yawning Contagious? Topic 7: Displaying and Describing Distributions Topic 8: Measures of Center Topic 9: Measures of Spread Topic 10: More Summary Measures and Graphs Lab 3: Memorizing Letters Unit 3: Randomness in Data Topic 11: Probability Topic 12: Normal Distributions Topic 13: Sampling Distributions: Proportions Topic 14: Sampling Distributions: Means Topic 15: Central Limit Theorem and Statistical Inference Lab 4: Rock-Paper-Scissors Unit 4: Inference from Data: Principles Topic 16: Confidence Intervals: Proportions Topic 17: Tests of Significance: Proportions Topic 18: More Inference Considerations Topic 19: Confidence Intervals: Means Topic 20: Tests of Significance: Means Lab 5: Sleepless Nights Unit 5: Inference from Data: Comparisons Topic 21: Comparing Two Proportions Topic 22: Comparing Two Means Topic 23: Analyzing Paired Data Lab 6: Comparison Shopping Unit 6: Inferences with Categorical Data Topic 24: Goodness-of-Fit Tests Topic 25: Inference for Two-Way Tables Unit 7: Relationships in Data Topic 26: Graphical Displays of Association Topic 27: Correlation Coefficient Topic 28: Least Squares Regression Topic 29: Inference for Correlation and Regression Lab 7: Backpack Weighing You Down? Table I: Random Digits Table II: Standard Normal Probabilities Table III: t-Distribution Critical Values Table IV: Chi-Square Distribution Critical Values Appendix A: Student Glossary Appendix B: Sources for Studies and Datasets Appendix C: List of Data Files and Applets Index