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01/2003
Chapter 1: How to Make Decisions with Statistics
Click on the links below for the lectures, exercises, and practice tests, and quizzes. The links have been arranged in sequential order, so if you would like to follow the recommended pattern, follow each lecture by doing the Let's Do It! problems and exercises related to it. The page numbers listed below refer to your class notes and to Chapter 1. Therefore, page number 4 would be 1—4 in your notes. Note that the self-tests and quizzes are located on your WebCT homepage, as such, you will need to your username and password for your Kent account.
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Let's Do It!
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| Introduction, and Chapter Goals |
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| Example to Illustrate Scientific Method |
3
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| Scientific Method (Continued) |
4
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| Statistical Decision Making (Statistical Inference) |
5
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| Testing Theories |
7
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| Deciding Which Theory to Support |
9
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| Errors in Decision Making |
11
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| What's in the Bag? |
13
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14(a)
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14(b)
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| Game Rules |
15
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| Testing the Hypothesis |
16
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| Forming a Decision Rule |
17
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| P-Values |
21
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| Decision Making and P-Values |
22
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| Relationship Between a and P-Values |
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| P-Values (Continued) |
24
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1.6,
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| P-Values (Two sided) |
27
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| Significance versus Importance |
31
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