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GENERAL PAGE for
"CHANCE ENCOUNTERS: A First Course in Data Analysis and Inference"
by Chris Wild and George Seber
Published by John Wiley & Sons, New York
INSTRUCTORS' PAGE INCLUDES:
- Powerpoint Slides; Screencam Movies; Instructor's Manual; Student Manual
- Minitab Supplement; Excel Supplement; Examination Papers; Assignments
- Multiple Regression Chapter; Tutorials; Slide making resources; Gapped Lecture Handouts
REVIEWS
- International Statistical Institute's Short Book ReviewsVol. 20. No. 2. August 2000.
- Austral. and N.Z. J. of Statistics Vol. 41 No. 4 December 1999
- The American Statistician Vol. 55 No. 3 August 2001, pp 255--6
- MSOR Connections Vol. 1 No. 3 August 2001, p 54
GENERAL SUPPLEMENTS
- Errata
- Data set files [Download for: PC, Mac, unix]
- Chapter 13: Control Charts
- Chapter 14: Time Series
CHAPTER SUPPLEMENTS
Chapter 1
- Some further uses of surveys (supplement to Section 1.1.5)
- Some further uses of statistics (supplement to Section 1.4)
- Using random numbers (includes exercises)
- Further Review Exercises for Chapter 1
Chapter 2
- The density trace (short supplement to Section 2.3.3 explaining Fig. 2.3.9(d))
- Effects of changing center and scale (includes exercises)
Chapter 4
- A complete alternative probability Chapter.
This is a more traditional treatment of probability with:
- More emphasis on formulas
- Additional Case Studies
Chapter 5
- A complete alternative discrete random
variables Chapter. This is a more traditional and more extensive treatment
of discrete random variables with more emphasis on the use of formulas. In addition to
the Binomial distribution, it includes:
- Geometric distribution
- Hypergeometric distribution
- Poisson distribution
- Additional Case Studies
- Related problems
Chapter 7
- The sample proportion and the Central Limit Theorem. A supplement to Section 7.3.1 relating the Normal approximation for the distribution of the sample proportion and the Central Limit Theorem.
Chapter 8
- The 10% Rule (supplement to Section 8.3)
- Sample sizes for a proportion (a more detailed exposition of Section 8.6.1)
- Case Study on question wording effects in surveys
Chapter 9
- Case Study on question wording effects in surveys
- An extended exercise introducing ideas about sample size and power in tests
Chapter 10
- The Wilcoxon test (includes Exercises and Wilcoxon-distribution Tables)
- The F-test by hand calculator (includes Exercises and F-distribution Tables)
Chapter 11
- Chi-square tests for 2-way tables
(supplement to Section 11.2)
- Intuitive derivations of expected counts and degrees of freedom
- Equivalence of tests for homogeneity and independence