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Alan Agresti is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida. He taught statistics there for 38 years, including the development of e-courses in statistical methods for social science students and three courses in categorical data analysis.

He is the author of more than 100 refereed articles and six texts, including Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (Pearson, 5th edition, 2018) and An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis (Wiley, 3rd edition, 2019). Alan has also received teaching awards from the University of Florida and an Excellence in Writing award from John Wiley & Sons.

Christine Franklin is the K-12 Statistics Ambassador for the American Statistical Association and elected ASA Fellow. She has retired from the University of Georgia as the Lothar Tresp Honoratus Honors Professor and Senior Lecturer Emerita in Statistics.

She is the co-author of two textbooks a

Table of Contents
PART I: GATHERING AND EXPLORING DATA

  1. Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data
    • Using Data to Answer Statistical Questions
    • Sample Versus Population
    • Organizing Data, Statistical Software, and the New Field of Data Science
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  2. Exploring Data with Graphs and Numerical Summaries
    • Different Types of Data
    • Graphical Summaries of Data
    • Measuring the Center of Quantitative Data
    • Measuring the Variability of Quantitative Data
    • Using Measures of Position to Describe Variability
    • Linear Transformations and Standardizing
    • Recognizing and Avoiding Misuses of Graphical Summaries
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  3. Exploring Relationships Between Two Variables
    • The Association Between Two Categorical Variables
    • The Relationship Between Two Quantitative Variables
    • Linear Regression: Predicting the Outcome of a Variable
    • Cautions in Analyzing Associations
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  4. Gathering Data
    • Experimental and Observational Studies
    • Good and Poor Ways to Sample
    • Good and Poor Ways to Experiment
    • Other Ways to Conduct Experimental and Nonexperimental Studies
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
PART II: PROBABILITY, PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS, AND SAMPLINGDISTRIBUTIONS
  1. Probability in Our Daily Lives
    • How Probability Quantifies Randomness
    • Finding Probabilities
    • Conditional Probability
    • Applying the Probability Rules
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  2. Random Variables and Probability Distributions
    • Summarizing Possible Outcomes and Their Probabilities
    • Probabilities for Bell-Shaped Distributions
    • Probabilities When Each Observation Has Two Possible Outcomes
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  3. Sampling Distributions
    • How Sample Proportions Vary Around the Population Proportion
    • How Sample Means Vary Around the Population Mean
    • Using the Bootstrap to Find Sampling Distributions
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
PART III: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
  1. Statistical Inference: Confidence Intervals
    • Point and Interval Estimates of Population Parameters
    • Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion
    • Confidence Interval for a Population Mean
    • Bootstrap Confidence Intervals
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  2. Statistical Inference: Significance Tests About Hypotheses
    • Steps for Performing a Significance Test
    • Significance Tests About Proportions
    • Significance Tests About a Mean
    • Decisions and Types of Errors in Significance Tests
    • Limitations of Significance Tests
    • The Likelihood of a Type II Error
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  3. Comparing Two Groups
    • Categorical Response: Comparing Two Proportions
    • Quantitative Response: Comparing Two Means
    • Comparing Two Groups with Bootstrap or Permutation Resampling
    • Analyzing Dependent Samples
    • Adjusting for the Effects of Other Variables
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
PART IV: ANALYZING ASSOCIATION AND EXTENDED STATISTICALMETHODS
  1. Analyzing the Association Between Categorical Variables
    • Independence and Dependence (Association)
    • Testing Categorical Variables for Independence
    • Determining the Strength of the Association
    • Using Residuals to Reveal the Pattern of Association
    • Fisher's Exact and Permutation Tests
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  2. Analyzing the Association Between Quantitative Variables: Regression Analysis
    • Modeling How Two Variables Are Related
    • Inference About Model Parameters and the Association
    • Describing the Strength of Association
    • How the Data Vary Around the Regression Line
    • Exponential Regression: A Model for Nonlinearity
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  3. Multiple Regression
    • Using Several Variables to Predict a Response
    • Extending the Correlation and R2 for Multiple Regression
    • Using Multiple Regression to Make Inferences
    • Checking a Regression Model Using Residual Plots
    • Regression and Categorical Predictors
    • Modeling a Categorical Response
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  4. Comparing Groups: Analysis of Variance Methods
    • One-Way ANOVA: Comparing Several Means
    • Estimating Differences in Groups for a Single Factor
    • Two-Way ANOVA
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  5. Nonparametric Statistics
    • Compare Two Groups by Ranking
    • Nonparametric Methods for Several Groups and for Matched Pairs
    • Chapter Summary
    • Chapter Exercises
  • Appendix
  • Answers
  • Index
  • Index of Applications
  • Credits

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      Publication Date: 22/09/2022
      ISBN13: 9781292444765, 978-1292444765
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Alan Agresti is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida. He taught statistics there for 38 years, including the development of e-courses in statistical methods for social science students and three courses in categorical data analysis.

      He is the author of more than 100 refereed articles and six texts, including Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (Pearson, 5th edition, 2018) and An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis (Wiley, 3rd edition, 2019). Alan has also received teaching awards from the University of Florida and an Excellence in Writing award from John Wiley & Sons.

      Christine Franklin is the K-12 Statistics Ambassador for the American Statistical Association and elected ASA Fellow. She has retired from the University of Georgia as the Lothar Tresp Honoratus Honors Professor and Senior Lecturer Emerita in Statistics.

      She is the co-author of two textbooks a

      Table of Contents
      PART I: GATHERING AND EXPLORING DATA

      1. Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data
        • Using Data to Answer Statistical Questions
        • Sample Versus Population
        • Organizing Data, Statistical Software, and the New Field of Data Science
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      2. Exploring Data with Graphs and Numerical Summaries
        • Different Types of Data
        • Graphical Summaries of Data
        • Measuring the Center of Quantitative Data
        • Measuring the Variability of Quantitative Data
        • Using Measures of Position to Describe Variability
        • Linear Transformations and Standardizing
        • Recognizing and Avoiding Misuses of Graphical Summaries
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      3. Exploring Relationships Between Two Variables
        • The Association Between Two Categorical Variables
        • The Relationship Between Two Quantitative Variables
        • Linear Regression: Predicting the Outcome of a Variable
        • Cautions in Analyzing Associations
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      4. Gathering Data
        • Experimental and Observational Studies
        • Good and Poor Ways to Sample
        • Good and Poor Ways to Experiment
        • Other Ways to Conduct Experimental and Nonexperimental Studies
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      PART II: PROBABILITY, PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS, AND SAMPLINGDISTRIBUTIONS
      1. Probability in Our Daily Lives
        • How Probability Quantifies Randomness
        • Finding Probabilities
        • Conditional Probability
        • Applying the Probability Rules
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      2. Random Variables and Probability Distributions
        • Summarizing Possible Outcomes and Their Probabilities
        • Probabilities for Bell-Shaped Distributions
        • Probabilities When Each Observation Has Two Possible Outcomes
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      3. Sampling Distributions
        • How Sample Proportions Vary Around the Population Proportion
        • How Sample Means Vary Around the Population Mean
        • Using the Bootstrap to Find Sampling Distributions
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      PART III: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
      1. Statistical Inference: Confidence Intervals
        • Point and Interval Estimates of Population Parameters
        • Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion
        • Confidence Interval for a Population Mean
        • Bootstrap Confidence Intervals
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      2. Statistical Inference: Significance Tests About Hypotheses
        • Steps for Performing a Significance Test
        • Significance Tests About Proportions
        • Significance Tests About a Mean
        • Decisions and Types of Errors in Significance Tests
        • Limitations of Significance Tests
        • The Likelihood of a Type II Error
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      3. Comparing Two Groups
        • Categorical Response: Comparing Two Proportions
        • Quantitative Response: Comparing Two Means
        • Comparing Two Groups with Bootstrap or Permutation Resampling
        • Analyzing Dependent Samples
        • Adjusting for the Effects of Other Variables
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      PART IV: ANALYZING ASSOCIATION AND EXTENDED STATISTICALMETHODS
      1. Analyzing the Association Between Categorical Variables
        • Independence and Dependence (Association)
        • Testing Categorical Variables for Independence
        • Determining the Strength of the Association
        • Using Residuals to Reveal the Pattern of Association
        • Fisher's Exact and Permutation Tests
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      2. Analyzing the Association Between Quantitative Variables: Regression Analysis
        • Modeling How Two Variables Are Related
        • Inference About Model Parameters and the Association
        • Describing the Strength of Association
        • How the Data Vary Around the Regression Line
        • Exponential Regression: A Model for Nonlinearity
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      3. Multiple Regression
        • Using Several Variables to Predict a Response
        • Extending the Correlation and R2 for Multiple Regression
        • Using Multiple Regression to Make Inferences
        • Checking a Regression Model Using Residual Plots
        • Regression and Categorical Predictors
        • Modeling a Categorical Response
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      4. Comparing Groups: Analysis of Variance Methods
        • One-Way ANOVA: Comparing Several Means
        • Estimating Differences in Groups for a Single Factor
        • Two-Way ANOVA
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      5. Nonparametric Statistics
        • Compare Two Groups by Ranking
        • Nonparametric Methods for Several Groups and for Matched Pairs
        • Chapter Summary
        • Chapter Exercises
      • Appendix
      • Answers
      • Index
      • Index of Applications
      • Credits

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