Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Description of Samples and Populations3. Probability, and the Binomial Distribution4. The Normal Distribution5. Sampling Distributions6. Confidence Intervals7. Comparison of Two Independent Samples8. Comparison of Paired Samples9: Categorical Data: One-Sample Distributions10. Categorical Data: Relationships11. Comparing the Means of Many Independent Samples12. Linear Regression and Correlation

About the Author

Jeff Witmer is a PhD statistician and Professor at Oberlin College. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, previous Chair of the Section on Statistical Education of ASA, previous editor of STATS magazine, and a member of the editorial board of the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education. His work has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Andrew Schaffner is a PhD statistician and Professor at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. Additionally, he serves as the staff research statistician for both the Cal Poly Environmental Biotechnology Institute and the Morro Bay National Estuary Program. Organizations that support his research include the National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Agriculture, and the US Environmental Protection Agency.