Chapter One

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