A casebook for a first course in statistics and data analysis

Recommended by: Banikanta Mishra

Content:

DATA ANALYSIS
Association between two variables; Comparison of location and variation in sub-groups; Data summary; Examination of univariate data; Identifying subgroups; Transformations; Variation over time
F Eruptions of the "Old Faithful" geyser 5
F International adoption rates 13
G The performance of stock mutual funds 21
O Predicting the sales and airplay of popular music 23
O Another look at the "Old Faithful" geyser and adoption visas 24
F Productivity versus quality in the assembly plant 25
O Health care spending in the United States 32

Applied Probability

-> The flight of the space shuttle Challenger 33

Statistical Inference

-> Volume and weight from a vineyard harvest 86
-> Baseball free agency: do teams get what they pay for? 101
-> Reporting of sexual partners by men and women 113
-> The comparative volatility of stock exchanges 123

Analysis involving Regression

-> Emergency calls to the New York Auto Club 145
-> Purchasing power parity: is it true? 153
-> PCB contamination of U.S. bays and estuaries 164
-> Electricity usage, temperature and occupancy 177
-> The effectiveness of National Basketball Association guards 201
-> The possibility of voting fraud in an election 213
-> The birth of a beluga whale 256
APPLIED PROBABILITY
Binomial random variable; Central Limit Theorem; Conditional probability; Definitions of probability; Extra-Binomial variation; Gaussian (normal) distribution
F The flight of the space shuttle Challenger 33
F Random drug and disease testing 37
G Amniocentesis, blood tests, and Down's syndrome 41
G Perceptions of the New York City subway system:
safety and cleanliness 43
O Perceptions of the New York City subway system: other issues 47
F The Central Limit Theorem for census data 48
F The sampling distribution for the median 59
F The sampling distribution for the standard deviation 67
F Racial imbalance in Nassau County public schools 72

Statistical Inference

-> Air bags and types of automobiles 134
-> A further look at the reporting of sexual partners
by men and women 137
STATISTICAL INFERENCE
Comparison of Binomial proportions; Confidence interval; Contingency tables; Hypothesis testing; Paired sample comparisons; Prediction interval; t--statistic; Tests for difference in location; Tests of independence; Two-sample (unpaired sample) comparisons; z-statistic
F The return on stocks in the Over the Counter market 82
F Volume and weight from a vineyard harvest 86
O The performance of stock mutual funds compared to the
market as a whole 99
O The return on stocks in the New York Stock Exchange 100
F Baseball free agency: do teams get what they pay for? 101
O Baseball free agency: another look at player effectiveness 112
F Reporting of sexual partners by men and women 113
F The comparative volatility of stock exchanges 123
G Validity of t-testing for the sexual partners reported
by men and women 129
O Subgroups in the "Old Faithful" geyser data 130
O Mortgage rates for different types of mortgages 131
F Condom use and the prevention of AIDS 132
F Air bags and types of automobiles 134
F A further look at the reporting of sexual partners
by men and women 137
O Betting on professional football -- can you beat the bookies? 142
O Formal investigation of the perceptions of the New York City
subway system 144

Analysis involving Regression

-> Emergency calls to the New York Auto Club 145
-> PCB contamination of U.S. bays and estuaries 164
ANALYSIS INVOLVING REGRESSION
Indicator variables; Lagged variables; Model selection; Multiple regression; Prediction; Regression coefficients; Regression diagnostics; Residuals; Semilog model; Simple regression; Time series data; Transformation; Unusual observations; Weighted regression
F Emergency calls to the New York Auto Club 145
F Purchasing power parity: is it true? 153
F PCB contamination of U.S. bays and estuaries 164
F Electricity usage, temperature and occupancy 177
G Long and short term performance of stock mutual funds 185
F Estimating rates of return of investments 186
O Predicting international adoption visas from earlier years 189
O The pattern in employment rates over time 190
F Estimating a demand function 191
F The effectiveness of National Basketball Association guards 201
F The possibility of voting fraud in an election 213
G Purchasing power parity and high inflation countries 222
G Prediction of the time interval between "Old Faithful" eruptions 224
G The success of teams in the National Hockey League 227
G The effectiveness of NBA guards: assists per minute 230
O The effectiveness of NBA guards: beyond points and assists 232
O Another look at emergency calls to the New York Auto Club 233
O Subgroups in the electricity consumption data 234
O A closer look at productivity and quality in the assembly plant 235
O Predicting mortgage rates for different types of mortgages 236
F Better prediction of the yield in a small vineyard 237
G Incomes of Long Island communities 247
G Looking more deeply into the average weight per lug
from a vineyard 250
O Predicting incomes of Long Island communities 252
G Prediction of yields from partial harvesting in a small vineyard 253
F The birth of a beluga whale 256
F Estimating a demand function -- it's about time 276
G A comparison of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and
the S & P 500 index 283
O Further investigation of the DJIA and the S & P 500 index 285