Introduction to Statistical Methods, fourth edition, is a calculus based statistics hybrid book that provides an overview of descriptive and inferential methods including probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, nonparametric proceedures, and regression. The book addresses how to analyze both continuous and categorical data with examples containing simulated data. The students' understanding of the material develops sequentially through the textbook so that ultimately the student is able to anticipate the methodology and apply that knowledge to obtain the solution, with an emphasis on interceptions, concepts, assumptions, and fallacies. This format ensures that the student is an active and engaged participant in class. This textbook provides many opportunities for the students to check and verify their understanding of the material. The textbook coupled with the Power-Point slides provides the student with all the information necessary to learn statistical concepts and methodology.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics
Chapter 2: Discrete Probability Distributions
Chapter 3: Continuous Probability Distributions
Chapter 4: Sampling Distributions
Chapter 5: Estimation and Confidence Intervals for One Parameter
Chapter 6: Hypothesis Testing for One Parameter
Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing for Two Parameters
Chapter 8: Categorical Analysis
Chapter 9: Testing More Than Two Population Means: ANOVA
Chapter 10: Simple Linear Regression
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C