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Organizing and Summarizing Data

• Measures of Center
• Measures of Variability
• Categorical Graphs
• Simple Quantitative Displays
• Frequency Distribution
• The Histogram
• Measuring Relative Position
• Boxplots
• Linear Transformations
• What is Statistics?

Producing Data

• Sampling Techniques
• Observational Studies, Experiments, and Surveys
• Experimental Design

Probability

• Basic Probability Concepts
• Combinations and Permutations
• Addition Rule
• Multiplication Rule
• Conditional Probability
• Venn Diagrams and Tree Diagrams
• Two-Way Tables

Statistical Distributions

• Uniform Distribution
• The Standard Normal Distribution
• Real-Life Applications of the Normal Distribution
• Assessing Normality

Random Variables

• Probability Distribution
• Mean and Standard Deviation of a Probability Distribution
• Law of Large Numbers
• Addition Rules for Variances

Binomial and Geometric Distributions

• Properties of a Binomial Experiment
• Calculating Binomial Probabilities
• Geometric Probabilities

Sampling Distributions

• Sampling Distribution and Statistics
• Sampling Distribution of a Proportion
• Central Limit Theorem

Statistical Inference Overview

• Confidence Intervals
• Hypothesis Testing
• Statistical Significance
• Type I and Type II Errors

Inference with the z and t Distributions

• One-sample z test
• Two-sample z test
• z Confidence intervals for the Mean
• One-sample t test
• Matched-pair t test
• Two-sample t test
• t Confidence intervals for the Mean

Inference for Proportions

• Confidence Intervals for p
• One-sample Hypothesis Test for p
• Two-sample Hypothesis Test for p

Chi-Square Procedures

• Chi-Square Distribution
• Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Tests for Independence and Homogeneity

Linear Regression and Correlation

• Independent and Dependent Variables
• Least Squares Regression Line (LSRL)
• Residual Plots and Outliers
• Correlation and Coefficient of Determination
• Confidence Interval for the Slope
• t Test for the Slope and the Correlation Coefficient
• Prediction Intervals

Advanced Topics

• Hypothesis Testing for the Standard Deviation
• Nonlinear Transformations of Data
• Nonparametric Statistics
• Analysis of Variance

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