Chapter One
by J Graham

1. What is Statistics
2. Case Study 3
2.1. Moral of the Story
2.2. Key Terms
2.2.1. Polulation
2.2.2. Random sample
2.2.3. Sample survey
2.2.4. Margin of error
3. Case Study 4
3.1. Moral of the Story
3.2. Key Terms
3.2.1. Nonresponse bias
3.2.2. Self-selected sample
3.2.3. Volunteer sample
4. Case Study1
4.1. Moral of the Story
4.2. Key Terms
4.2.1. Dotplot
4.2.2. Five-number summary
4.2.3. Data
4.2.4. Median
4.2.5. Lower quartile
4.2.6. Upper quartile
5. Case Study 2
5.1. Moral of the Story
5.2. Key Terms
5.2.1. Rate
5.2.2. Risk
5.2.3. Base rate
5.2.4. Baseline risk
6. Case Study 5
6.1. Moral of the Story
6.2. Key Terms
6.2.1. Observational study
6.2.2. Variable
6.2.3. Confounding variable
7. Case Study 7
7.1. Moral of the story
7.2. Key Terms
8. Case Study 6
8.1. Moral of the Story
8.2. Key Terms
8.2.1. Randomized experiment
8.2.2. Treatment
8.2.3. Random assignment
8.2.4. Placebo
8.2.5. Statistically significant
8.2.6. Practical importance