Book:Stephen Bernstein/Elements of Statistics II: Inferential Statistics

Subject Matter

 * Statistics

Contents

 * CHAPTER 11: DISCRETE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
 * 11.1 Discrete Probability Distributions and Probability Mass Functions
 * 11.2 Bernoulli Experiments and trials
 * 11.3 Binomial Random Variables, Experiments, and Probability Functions
 * 11.4 The Binomial Coefficient
 * 11.5 The Binomial Probability Function
 * 11.6 Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation of the Binomial Probability Distribution
 * 11.7 The Binomial Expansion and the Binomial Theorem
 * 11.8 Pascal's Triangle and the Binomial Coefficient
 * 11.9 The Family of Binomial Distributions
 * 11.10 The Cumulative Binomial Probability Table
 * 11.11 Lot-Acceptance Sampling
 * 11.12 Consumer's Risk and Producer's Risk
 * 11.13 Multivariate Probability Distributions and Joint Probability Distributions
 * 11.14 The Multinomial Experiment
 * 11.15 The Multinomial Coefficient
 * 11.16 The Multinomial Probability Function
 * 11.17 The Family of Multinomial Probability Distributions
 * 11.18 The Means of the Multinomial Probability Distribution
 * 11.19 The Multinomial Expansion and the Multinomial Theorem
 * 11.20 The Hypergeometric Experiment
 * 11.21 The Hypergeometric Probability Function
 * 11.22 The Family of Hypergeometric Probability Distributions
 * 11.23 The Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation of the Hypergeometric Probability Distribution
 * 11.24 The Generalization of the Hypergeometric Probability Distribution
 * 11.25 The Binomial and Multinomial Approximations to the Hypergeometric Distribution
 * 11.26 Poisson Processes, Random Variables, and Experiments
 * 11.27 The Poisson Probability Function
 * 11.28 The Family of Poisson Probability Distributions
 * 11.29 The Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation of the Poisson Probability Distribution
 * 11.30 The Cumulative Poisson Probability Table
 * 11.31 The Poisson Distribution as an Approximation to the Binomial Distribution


 * CHAPTER 12 The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Probability Distributions
 * 12.1 Continuous Probability Distributions
 * 12.2 The Normal Probability Distributions and the Normal Probability Density Function
 * 12.3 The Family of Normal Probability Distributions
 * 12.4 The Normal Distribution: Relationship between the Mean $$(\mu)$$, Median $$(\overline \mu)$$, and the Mode
 * 12.5 Kurtosis
 * 12.6 The Standard Normal Distribution
 * 12.7 Relationship Between the Standard Normal Distribution and the Standard Normal Variable
 * 12.8 Table of Areas in the Standard Normal Distribution
 * 12.9 Finding Probabilities Within any Normal Distribution by Applying the Z Transformation
 * 12.10 One-tailed Probabilities
 * 12.11 Two-tailed Probabilities
 * 12.12 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution
 * 12.13 The Normal Approximation to the Poisson Distribution
 * 12.14 The Discrete Uniform Probability Distribution
 * 12.15 The Continuous Uniform Probability Distribution
 * 12.16 The Exponential Probability Distribution
 * 12.17 Relationship between the Exponential Distribution and the Poisson Distribution


 * CHAPTER 13: SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS
 * 13.1 Simple Random Sampling Revisited
 * 13.2 Independent Random Variables
 * 13.3 Mathematical and Nonmathematical Definitions of Simple Random Sampling
 * 13.4 Assumptions of the Sampling Technique
 * 13.5 The Random Variable $$\overline X$$
 * 13.6 Theoretical and Empirical Sampling Distributions of the Mean
 * 13.7 The Mean of the Sampling Distribution of the Mean
 * 13.8 The Accuracy of an Estimator
 * 13.9 The Variance of the Sampling Distribution of the Mean: Infinite Population or Sampling with Replacement
 * 13.10 The Variance of the Sampling Distribution of the Mean: Finite Population Sampled without Replacement
 * 13.11 The Standard Error of the Mean
 * 13.12 The Precision of An Estimator
 * 13.13 Determining Probabilities with a Discrete Sampling Distribution of the Mean
 * 13.14 Determining Probabilities with a Normally Distributed Sampling Distribution of the Mean
 * 13.15 The Central Limit Theorem: Sampling from a Finite Population with Replacement
 * 13.16 The Central Limit Theorem: Sampling from an Infinite Population
 * 13.17 The Central Limit Theorem: Sampling from a Finite Population without Replacement
 * 13.18 How Large is "Sufficiently Large"?
 * 13.19 The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Sum
 * 13.20 Applying the Central Limit Theorem to the Sampling Distribution of the Sample Sum
 * 13.21 Sampling from a Binomial Population
 * 13.22 Sampling Distribution of the Number of Successes
 * 13.23 Sampling Distribution of the Proportion
 * 13.24 Applying the Central Limit Theorem to the Sampling Distribution of the Number of Successes
 * 13.25 Applying the Central Limit Theorem to the Sampling Distribution of the Proportion
 * 13.26 Determining Probabilities with a Normal Approximation to the Sampling Distribution of the Proportion


 * CHAPTER 14 ONE-SAMPLE ESTIMATION OF THE POPULATION MEAN
 * 14.1 Estimation
 * 14.2 Criteria for Selecting the Optimal Estimator
 * 14.3 The Estimated Standard Error of the Mean $$S_{\overline x}$$
 * 14.4 Point Estimates
 * 14.5 Reporting and Evaluating the Point Estimate
 * 14.6 Relationship between Point Estimates and Interval Estimates
 * 14.7 Deriving $$P \left({\overline x_{1 - \alpha/2} \le \overline X \le \overline x_{\alpha/2}}\right) = P \left({-z_{\alpha/2} \le Z \le z_{\alpha/2}}\right) = 1 - \alpha$$
 * 14.8 Deriving $$P \left({X - z_{\alpha/2} \sigma_{\overline x} \le \mu \le \overline X + z_{\alpha/2} \sigma_{\overline x}}\right) = 1 - \alpha$$
 * 14.9 Confidence Interval for the Population Mean $$\mu$$: Known Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$, Normally Distributed Population
 * 14.10 Presenting Confidence Limits
 * 14.11 Precision of the Confidence Interval
 * 14.12 Determining Sample Size when the Standard Deviation is Known
 * 14.13 Confidence Interval for the Population Mean $$\mu$$: Known Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$, Large Sample $$(n \ge 30)$$ from any Population Distribution
 * 14.14 Determining Confidence Intervals for the Population Mean $$\mu$$ when the Population Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$ is Unknown
 * 14.15 The $$t$$ Distribution
 * 14.16 Relationship between the $$t$$ Distribution and the Standard Normal Distribution
 * 14.17 Degrees of Freedom
 * 14.18 The Term "Student's $$t$$ Distribution"
 * 14.19 Critical Values of the $$t$$ Distribution
 * 14.20 Table A.6: Critical Values of the $$t$$ Distribution
 * 14.21 Confidence Interval for the Population Mean $$\mu$$: Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$ not known, Small Sample $$(n < 30)$$ from a Normally Distributed Population
 * 14.22 Determining Sample Size: Unknown Standard Deviation, Small Sample from a Normally Distributed Population
 * 14.23 Confidence Interval for the Population Mean $$\mu$$: Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$ not known, large sample $$(n \ge 30)$$ from a Normally Distributed Population
 * 14.24 Confidence Interval for the Population Mean $$\mu$$: Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$ not known, large sample $$(n \ge 30)$$ from a Population that is not Normally Distributed
 * 14.25 Confidence Interval for the Population Mean $$\mu$$: Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$ not known, Small Sample $$(n < 30)$$ from a Population that is not Normally Distributed


 * CHAPTER 15 ONE-SAMPLE ESTIMATION OF THE POPULATION VARIANCE, STANDARD DEVIATION, AND PROPORTION
 * 15.1 Optimal Estimators of Variance, Standard Deviation, and Proportion
 * 15.2 The Chi-square Statistic and the Chi-square Distribution
 * 15.3 Critical Values of the Chi-square Distribution
 * 15.4 Table A.7: Critical Values qf the Chi-square Distribution
 * 15.5 Deriving the Confidence Interval for the Variance $$\sigma^2$$ of a Normally Distributed Population
 * 15.6 Presenting Confidence Limits
 * 15.7 Precision of the Confidence Interval for the Variance
 * 15.8 Determining Samble Size Necessary to Achieve a Desired Quality-of-Estimate for the Variance
 * 15.9 Using Normal-Approximation Techniques To Determine Confidence Intervals for the Variance
 * 15.10 Using the Sampling Distribution of the Sample Variance to Approximate a Confidence Interval for the Population Variance
 * 15.11 Confidence Interval for the Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$ of a Normally Distributed Population
 * 15.12 Using the Sampling Distribution of the Sample Standard Deviation to Approximate a Confidence Interval for the Population Standard Deviation
 * 15.13 The Optimal Estimator for the Proportion $$p$$ of a Binomial Population
 * 15.14 Deriving the Approximate Confidence Interval for the Proportion $$p$$ of a Binomial Population
 * 15.15 Estimating the Parameter $$p$$
 * 15.16 Deciding when $$n$$ is "Sufficiently Large", $$p$$ not known
 * 15.17 Approximate Confidence Intervals fof the Binomial Parameter $$p$$ When Sampling From a Finite Population without Replacement
 * 15.18 The Exact Confidence Interval for the Binomial Parameter $$p$$
 * 15.19 Precision of the Approximate Confidence-Interval Estimate of the Binomial Parameter $$p$$
 * 15.20 Determining Sample Size for the Confidence Interval of the Binomial Parameter $$p$$
 * 15.21 Approximate Confidence Interval for the Percentage of a Binomial Population
 * 15.22 Approximate Confidence Internal for the Total Number in a Category of a Binomial Population
 * 15.23 The Capture-Recapture Method for Estimating Population Size $$N$$


 * CHAPTER 16 ONE-SAMPLE HYPOTHESIS TESTING
 * 16.1 Statistical Hypothesis Testing
 * 16.2 The Null Hypothesis and the Alternative Hypothesis
 * 16.3 Testing the Null Hypothesis
 * 16.4 Two-Sided Versus One-Sided Hypothesis Tests
 * 16.5 Testing Hypotheses about the Population Mean $$\mu$$: Known Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$, Normally Distributed Population
 * 16.6 The $$P$$ Value
 * 16.7 Type I Error versus Type II Error
 * 16.8 Critical Values and Critical Regions
 * 16.9 The Level of Significance
 * 16.10 Decision Rules for Statistical Hypothesis Tests
 * 16.11 Selecting Statistical Hypotheses
 * 16.12 The Probability of a Type II Error
 * 16.13 Consumer's Risk and Producer's Risk
 * 16.14 Why It is Not Possible to Prove the Null Hypothesis
 * 16.15 Classical Inference Versus Bayesian Inference
 * 16.16 Procedure for Testily the Null Hypothesis
 * 16.17 Hypothesis Testing Using $$\overline X$$ as the Test Statistic
 * 16.18 The Power of a Test, Operating Characteristic Curves, and Power Curves
 * 16.19 Testing Hypothesis about the Population Mean $$\mu$$: Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$ Not Known, Small Sample $$(n < 30)$$ from a Normally Distributed Population
 * 16.20 The $$P$$ Value for the $$t$$ Statistic
 * 16.21 Decision Rules for Hypothesis Tests with the $$t$$ Statistic
 * 16.22 $$\beta$$, $$1 - \beta$$, Power Curves, and $$OC$$ Curves
 * 16.23 Testing Hypotheses about the Population Mean $$\mu$$: Large Sample $$(n \ge 30)$$ from any Population Distribution
 * 16.24 Assumptions of One-Sample Parametric Hypothesis Testing
 * 16.25 When the Assumptions are Violated
 * 16.26 Testing Hypothesis about the Variance $$\sigma^2$$ of a Normally Distributed Population
 * 16.27 Testing Hypotheses about the Standard Deviation $$\sigma$$ of a Normally Distributed Population
 * 16.28 Testing Hypotheses about the Proportion $$p$$ of a Binomial Population: Large Samples
 * 16.29 Testing Hypotheses about the Proportion $$p$$ of a Binomial Population: Small Samples


 * CHAPTER 17 TWO-SAMPLE ESTIMATION AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING
 * 17.1 Independent Samples Versus Paired Samples
 * 17.2 The Optimal Estimator of the Difference Between Two Population Means $$(\mu_1 - \mu_2)$$
 * 17.3 The Theoretical Sampling Distribution of the Difference Between Two Means
 * 17.4 Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Means $$(\mu_1 - \mu_2)$$: Standard Deviations ($$\sigma_1$$ and $$\sigma_2$$) Known, Independent Samples from Normally Distributed Populations
 * 17.5 Testing Hypotheses about the Difference Between Means $$(\mu_1 - \mu_2)$$: Standard Deviations ($$\sigma_1$$ and $$\sigma_2$$) known, Independent Samples from Normally Distributed Populations
 * 17.6 The Estimated Standard Error of the Difference Between Two Means
 * 17.7 Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Means $$(\mu_1 - \mu_2)$$: Standard Deviations not known but Assumed Equal ($$\sigma_1 = \sigma_2$$), Small ($$n_1 < 30$$ and $$n_2 < 30$$) Independent Samples from Normally Distributed Populations
 * 17.8 Testing Hypotheses about the Difference Between Means $$(\mu_1 - \mu_2)$$: Standard Deviations not Known but Assumed Equal ($$\sigma_1 = \sigma_2$$), Small ($$n_1 < 30$$ and $$n_2 < 30$$) Independent Samples from Normally Distributed Populations
 * 17.9 Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Means $$(\mu_1 - \mu_2)$$: Standard Deviations ($$\sigma_1$$ and $$\sigma_2$$) not Known, Large ($$n_1 \ge 30$$ and $$n_2 \ge 30$$) Independent Samples from any Population Distributions
 * 17.10 Testing Hypotheses about the Difference Between Means $$(\mu_1 - \mu_2)$$: Standard Deviations ($$\sigma_1$$ and $$\sigma_2$$), not known, Large ($$n_1 \ge 30$$ and $$n_2 \ge 30$$) Independent Samples from any Populations Distributions
 * 17.11 Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Means $$(\mu_1 - \mu_2)$$: Paired Samples
 * 17.12 Testing Hypotheses about the Difference Between Means $$(\mu_1 - \mu_2)$$: Paired Samples
 * 17.13 Assumptions of Two-sample Parametric Estimation and Hypothesis Testing about Means
 * 17.14 When the Assumptions are Violated
 * 17.15 Comparing Independent-Sampling and Paired-Sampling Techniques on Precision and Power
 * 17.16 The $$F$$ Statistic
 * 17.17 The $$F$$ Distribution
 * 17.18 Critical Values of the $$F$$ Distribution
 * 17.19 Table A.8: Critical Values of the $$F$$ Distribution
 * 17.20 Confidence Interval for the Ratio of Variances $$\left({\sigma_1^2 / \sigma_2^2}\right)$$: Parameters ($$\sigma_1^2, \sigma_1, \mu_1$$ and $$\sigma_2^2, \sigma_2, \mu_2$$) Not Known, Independent Samples From Normally Distributed Populations
 * 17.21 Testing Hypotheses about the Ratio of Variances $$\left({\sigma_1^2 / \sigma_2^2}\right)$$: Parameters ($$\sigma_1^2, \sigma_1, \mu_1$$ and $$\sigma_2^2, \sigma_2, \mu_2$$) not known, Independent Samples from Normally Distributed Populations
 * 17.22 When to Test for Homogeneity of Variance
 * 17.23 The Optimal Estimator of the Difference Between Proportions $$(p_1 - p_2)$$: Large Independent Samples
 * 17.24 The Theoretical Sampling Distribution of the Difference Between Two Proportions
 * 17.25 Approximate Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Proportions from Two Binomial Populations $$(p_1 - p_2)$$: Large Independent Samples
 * 17.26 Testing Hypotheses about the Difference Between Proportions from Two Binomial Populations $$(p_1 - p_2)$$: Large Independent Samples


 * CHAPTER 18 MULTISAMPLE ESTIMATION AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING
 * 18.1 Multisample Inferences
 * 18.2 The Analysis of Variance
 * 18.3 ANOVA: One-Way, Two-Way, or Multiway
 * 18.4 One-Way ANOVA: Fixed-Effects or Random Effects
 * 18.5 One-way, Fixed-Effects ANOVA: The Assumptions
 * 18.6 Equal-Samples, One-Way, Fixed-Effects ANOVA: $$H_0$$ and $$H_1$$
 * 18.7 Equal-Samples, One-Way, Fixed-Effects ANOVA: Organizing the Data
 * 18.8 Equal-Samples, One-Way, Fixed-Effects ANOVA: the Basic Rationale
 * 18.9 $$SST = SSA + SSW$$
 * 18.10 Computational Formulas for $$SST$$ and $$SSA$$
 * 18.11 Degrees of Freedom and Mean Squares
 * 18.12 The $$F$$ Test
 * 18.13 The ANOVA Table
 * 18.14 Multiple Comparison Tests
 * 18.15 Duncan's Multiple-Range Test
 * 18.16 Confidence-Interval Calculations Following Multiple Comparisons
 * 18.17 Testing for Homogeneity of Variance
 * 18.18 One-Way, Fixed-Effects ANOVA: Equal or Unequal Sample Sizes
 * 18.19 General-Procedure, One-Way, Fixed-effects ANOVA: Organising the Data
 * 18.20 General-Procedure, One-Way, Fixed-effects ANOVA: Sum of Squares
 * 18.21 General-Procedure, One-Way, Fixed-Erects ANOVA Degrees of Freedom and Mean Squares
 * 18.22 General-procedure, One-Way, Fixed-Effects ANOVA: the $$F$$ Test
 * 18.23 General-procedure, One-Way, Fixed-Erects ANOVA: Multiple Comparisons
 * 18.24 General-procedure, One-Way, Fixed-Effects ANOVA: Calculating Confidence Intervals and Testing for Homogeneity of Variance
 * 18.25 Violations of ANOVA Assumptions


 * CHAPTER 19 REGRESSION AND CORRELATION
 * 19.1 Analyzing the Relationship between Two Variables
 * 19.2 The Simple Linear Regression Model
 * 19.3 The Least-Squares Regression Line
 * 19.4 The Estimator of the Variance $$\sigma^2_{Y \cdot X}$$
 * 19.5 Mean and Variance of the $$y$$ Intercept $$\hat a$$ and the Slope $$\hat b$$
 * 19.6 Confidence Intervals for the $$y$$ Intercept $$a$$ and the Slope $$b$$
 * 19.7 Confidence Interval for the Variance $$\sigma^2_{Y \cdot X}$$
 * 19.8 Prediction Intervals for Expected Values of $$Y$$
 * 19.9 Testing Hypotheses about the Slope $$b$$
 * 19.10 Comparing Simple Linear Regression Equations from Two or More Samples
 * 19.11 Multiple Linear Regression
 * 19.12 Simple Linear Correlation
 * 19.13 Derivation of the Correlation Coefficient $$r$$
 * 19.14 Confidence Intervals for the Population Correlation Coefficient $$\rho$$
 * 19.15 Using the $$r$$ Distribution to Test Hypotheses about the Population Correlation coefficient $$\rho$$
 * 19.16 Using the $$f$$ Distribution to Test Hypotheses about $$\rho$$
 * 19.17 Using the $$Z$$ Distribution to Test the Hypothesis $$\rho = c$$
 * 19.18 Interpreting the Sample Correlation Coefficient $$r$$
 * 19.19 Multiple Correlation and Partial Correlation


 * CHAPTER 20 NONPARAMETRIC TECHNIQUES
 * 20.1 Nonpnmmetric vs. Parametric Techniques
 * 20.2 Chi-Square Tests
 * 20.3 Chi-Square Test for Goodness-of-fit
 * 20.4 Chi-Square Test for Independence: Contingency Table Analysis
 * 20.5 Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity Among $$k$$ Binomial Proportions
 * 20.6 Rank Order Tests
 * 20.7 One-Sample Tests: The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test
 * 20.8 Two-Sample Tests: the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test for Dependent Samples
 * 20.9 Two-sample Tests: the Mann-Whitney $$U$$ Test for Independent Samples
 * 20.10 Multisample Tests: the Kruskal-Wallis $$H$$ Test for $$k$$ Independent Samples
 * 20.11 The Spearman Test of Rank Correlation


 * Appendix
 * Table A.3 Cumulative Binomial Probabilities
 * Table A.4 Cumulative Poisson Probabilities
 * Table A.5 Areas of the Standard Normal Distribution
 * Table A.6 Critical Values of the $$t$$ Distribution
 * Table A.7 Critical Values of the Chi-Square Distribution
 * Table A.8 Critical Values of the $$F$$ Distribution
 * Table A.9 Least Significant Studentized Ranges $$r_p$$
 * Table A.10 Transformation of $$r$$ to $$z_r$$
 * Table A.11 Critical Values of the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient $$r$$
 * Table A.12 Critical Values of the Wilcoxon $$W$$
 * Table A.13 Critical Values of the Mann-Whitney $$U$$
 * Table A.14 Critical Values of the Kruskal-Wallis $$H$$
 * Table A.15 Critical Values of the Spearman $$r_s$$


 * Index