Tintle, Nathan, <br/><br/>
Introduction to statistical investigations / 
Nathan Tintle, Beth L. Chance, George W. Cobb, Allan J. Rossman, Soma Roy, Todd Swanson, Jill VanderStoep. 
 - Evaluation/Desk edition. 
 - xvi, 680 pages :  black & white illustrations ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Preface -- Preliminaries: Introduction to statistical investigations.  Introduction to the six-step method section ; Exploring data ; Exploring random processes -- Unit 1: Four pillars of inference : strength, size, breadth, and cause. Significance : how strong is the evidence? ; Generalization : how broadly do the results apply? ; Estimation : how large is the effect? ; Causation : can we say what caused the effect? -- Unit 2: Comparing two groups.  Comparing two proportions ; Comparing two means ; Paired data : one quantitative variable -- Unit 3: Analyzing more general situations.  Comparing more than two proportions ; Comparing more than two means ; Two quantitative variables -- Appendix: Calculation details -- Appendix: Stratified and cluster samples -- Answers: Answered to starred homework problems. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118956670 1118956672 9781118172148 (looseleaf) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015303163 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Statistical methods.<br/>Statistical hypothesis testing.<br/>Statistics as Topic.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HA29  / .T56 2016