Designed to address the College Board AP Statistics Course, The Practice of Statistics combines a data analysis approach with innovative pedagogy and a number of new features. As such, The Practice of Statistics is an impressively effective text for learning statistics.The fifth edition has been updated to incorporate Learning Objectives in each section and link them to chapter reviews. For this fifth edition, Josh Tabor joins the author team of veteran AP (R) teachers who fully understand how to engage and teach high school students. With new problem-solving and test preparation features and a dramatically enhanced suite of media tools, the fifth edition provides everything teachers and students need to succeed in the course and on the AP (R) Statistics exam. This book is also available on LaunchPad.
Author(s): Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor
Edition: 5
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 858
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Cover ... 1
Title Page ... 5
Copyright ... 6
Contents ... 8
About the Authors ... 10
To the Student ... 16
Overview: What Is Statistics? ... 25
1 Exploring Data ... 29
Introduction: Data Analysis: Making Sense of Data ... 30
1.1 Analyzing Categorical Data ... 35
1.2 Displaying Quantitative Data with Graphs ... 53
1.3 Describing Quantitative Data with Numbers ... 76
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 102
Chapter 1 Review ... 102
Chapter 1 Review Exercises ... 104
Chapter 1 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 106
2 Modeling Distributions of Data ... 111
Introduction ... 112
2.1 Describing Location in a Distribution ... 113
2.2 Density Curves and Normal Distributions ... 131
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 162
Chapter 2 Review ... 162
Chapter 2 Review Exercises ... 164
Chapter 2 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 165
3 Describing Relationships ... 169
Introduction ... 170
3.1 Scatterplots and Correlation ... 171
3.2 Least-Squares Regression ... 192
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 227
Chapter 3 Review ... 228
Chapter 3 Review Exercises ... 230
Chapter 3 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 231
4 Designing Studies ... 235
Introduction ... 236
4.1 Sampling and Surveys ... 237
4.2 Experiments ... 262
4.3 Using Studies Wisely ... 294
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 303
Chapter 4 Review ... 304
Chapter 4 Review Exercises ... 306
Chapter 4 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 307
Cumulative AP® Practice Test 1 ... 310
5 Probability: What Are the Chances? ... 315
Introduction ... 316
5.1 Randomness, Probability, and Simulation ... 317
5.2 Probability Rules ... 333
5.3 Conditional Probability and Independence ... 346
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 366
Chapter 5 Review ... 366
Chapter 5 Review Exercises ... 368
Chapter 5 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 370
6 Random Variables ... 373
Introduction ... 374
6.1 Discrete and Continuous Random Variables ... 375
6.2 Transforming and Combining Random Variables ... 391
6.3 Binomial and Geometric Random Variables ... 414
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 442
Chapter 6 Review ... 443
Chapter 6 Review Exercises ... 444
Chapter 6 AP Statistics Practice Test ... 446
7 Sampling Distributions ... 449
Introduction ... 450
7.1 What Is a Sampling Distribution? ... 452
7.2 Sample Proportions ... 468
7.3 Sample Means ... 478
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 492
Chapter 7 Review ... 493
Chapter 7 Review Exercises ... 494
Chapter 7 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 496
Cumulative AP® Practice Test 2 ... 498
8 Estimating with Confidence ... 503
Introduction ... 504
8.1 Confidence Intervals: The Basics ... 505
8.2 Estimating a Population Proportion ... 520
8.3 Estimating a Population Mean ... 535
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 558
Chapter 8 Review ... 559
Chapter 8 Review Exercises ... 560
Chapter 8 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 562
9 Testing a Claim ... 565
Introduction ... 566
9.1 Significance Tests: The Basics ... 567
9.2 Tests about a Population Proportion ... 582
9.3 Tests about a Population Mean ... 602
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 629
Chapter 9 Review ... 630
Chapter 9 Review Exercises ... 632
Chapter 9 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 633
10 Comparing Two Populations or Groups ... 637
Introduction ... 638
10.1 Comparing Two Proportions ... 640
10.2 Comparing Two Means ... 662
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 690
Chapter 10 Review ... 690
Chapter 10 Review Exercises ... 692
Chapter 10 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 694
Cumulative AP® Practice Test 3 ... 697
11 Inference for Distributions of Categorical Data ... 705
Introduction ... 706
11.1 Chi-Square Tests for Goodness of Fit ... 708
11.2 Inference for Two-Way Tables ... 725
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 758
Chapter 11 Review ... 759
Chapter 11 Review Exercises ... 760
Chapter 11 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 762
12 More about Regression ... 765
Introduction ... 766
12.1 Inference for Linear Regression ... 767
12.2 Transforming to Achieve Linearity ... 793
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay! ... 821
Chapter 12 Review ... 822
Chapter 12 Review Exercises ... 823
Chapter 12 AP® Statistics Practice Test ... 825
Cumulative AP® Practice Test 4 ... 828
Photo Credits ... 841
Notes and Data Sources ... 843
Solutions ... 855
Appendices ... 913
Appendix A: About the AP® Exam A-1 ... 913
Appendix B: TI-Nspire Technology Corners ... 917
Formulas for AP® Statistics Exam ... 933
Tables ... 935
Table A: Standard Normal Probabilities ... 935
Table B: t Distribution Critical Values ... 937
Table C: Chi-Square Distribution Critical Values ... 938
Table D: Random Digits ... 939
Glossary/Glosario ... 941
Index ... 967
Technology Corners Reference ... 975
Inference Summary ... 976
