1 StatisticsThe Word. - Descriptive Statistics. - Inferential Statistics. - References. - 2 Distributions. - The Frequency Distribution. - Summary Measures. - Graphs. - References. - 3 Special Averages. - Index Numbers. - Some History. - The Harmonic Mean. - Averaging Time Rates. - Simpson's Paradox. - References. - 4 Making Comparisons. - Comparing Observations. - Standard Scores. - Comparing Variables. - Median and Quartiles. - Boxplots. - Ordinal Data. - The Dollar Scale. - References. - 5 Probability. - Laplaoe's Principles of Probability. - Counting the Ways. - Poker Hands. - The Birthday Problem. - Probability in Court. - Which Question Was That?. - References. - 6 Craps and Binomial. - Probabilities for Craps. - The Binomial Distribution. - Inference from the Binomial. - Interval Estimates. - References. - 7 Horsekicks Deadly Quarrels and Flying Bombs. - The Poisson Distribution. - The Exponential Distribution. - A Problem of Authorship. - References. - 8 Normal Distribution. - The Standard Normal Distribution. - Probability Distribution of the Sample Mean. - Process Control Chart. - The Central Limit Theorem. - References. - 9 Political Arithmetic. - Beginnings in England. - America to 1790. - The United States 17901900. - Statistics and Social Issues. - 19001950. - Since 1950. - References. - 10 Regression and Correlation. - The Regression Line. - Variation from Regression. - Correlation and Gallon. - References. - 11 Karl Pearson. - Karl Pearsonto 1901. - Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test. - Karl Pearsonfrom 1901. - References. - 12 Pearson to Cosset to Fisher. - William S. Gosset (Student). - Ronald A. Fisher. - Using the t-Distribution. - References. - 13 More Regression. - Standard Error of the Regression Coefficient. - Transformations. - Multiple Regression and Correlation. - History and Applications. -References. - 14 R. A. Fisher. - The Analysis of Variance. - R. A. Fisherfrom 1925. - Experimental Design. - Postscript. - References. - 15 Sampling: Polls and Surveys. - Proportions. - Coefficient of Variation. - Random Numbers. - Sampling Methods. - Election Polls. - Estimating Sample Size. - A National Sample. - References. - 16 Quality Control. - Quality Control to 1930. - Sampling Inspection. - The 1930s. - QC Goes to War. - Sequential Sampling. - Post-World War and Today. - References. - 17 Principal Components and Factor Analysis. - The Principal Component. - General Intelligence. - Criticism. - Ways of LifeAn Example. - Factor Rotation. - Semantic Analysis of the Ways. - A Three-Dimensional Map. - References. - 18 Jerzy Neyman. - E. S. Pearson to Gosset to Neyman. - Neyman-Pearson Tests. - The Power of a Test. - Confidence Intervals. - Statistical Issues and Personalities of the 1930s. - Neyman in America. - References. - 19 The Bayesian Bandwagon. - Utility. - Utility After Bernoulli. - Bayes' Theorem. - The Value of Information. - Break-Even Problems. - Bayesian EstimationThe Newsboy Problem. - Subjective Probability. - Assessing Subjective Probabilities. - Bayesian Statistics. - References. - 20 Observational Studies and Program Evaluation. - The Language of Cause. - Rival Explanations. - Analytical Control. - Auto Death Rates and Safety Inspections. - Systems of Relationships. - Discriminant Analysis. - A Discriminant Analysis of Selection Factors. - Evaluation and Controlled Experimentation. - References. - 21 Nonparametrics and Robust Methods. - The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. - Robustness and Student's t. - Robust Estimation. - The Jacknife. - Exploratory Data Analysis. - References. - 22 StatisticsA Summing Up. - References. - List of Names. Language: English