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Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Nature of Statistics -- Part II. Descriptive Statistics -- Chapter 2. Organizing Data -- Chapter 3. Descriptive Measures -- Part III. Probability, Random Variables, and Sampling Distributions -- Chapter 4. Probability Concepts -- Chapter 5. Discrete Random Variables -- Chapter 6. The Normal Distribution -- Chapter 7. The Sampling Distribution of the Mean -- Part IV. Inferential Statistics -- Chapter 8. Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean -- Chapter 9. Hypothesis Tests for One Population Mean -- Chapter 10. Inferences for Two Population Means -- Chapter 11. Interferences for Population Proportions -- Chapter 12. Chi-Square Procedures -- Part V. Regression, Correlation, and ANOVA -- Chapter 13. Descriptive Methods in Regression and Correlation -- Chapter 14. Inferential Methods in Regression and Correlation -- Chapter 15. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. Statistical Tables -- Appendix B. Focus Database -- Appendix C. Answers to Selected Exercises -- Index.

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