CK-12 Probability and Statistics - Advanced (Second Edition), Volume 1 Of 2

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CK-12 Foundation, 2010 - Mathematics
CK-12's Advanced Probability and Statistics-Second Edition is a clear presentation of the basic topics in statistics and probability, but finishes with the rigorous topics an advanced placement course requires. Volume 1 includes the first 6 chapters and covers the following topics: Analyzing Statistical Data, Visualizations of Data, Discrete Probability Distribution, Normal Distribution, and Experimentation.
 

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An Introduction to Analyzing Statistical Data
An Overview of Data
Measures of Center
Measures of Spread
Visualizations of Data
Common Graphs and Data Plots
BoxandWhisker Plots
An Introduction to Probability
Mean and Standard Deviation of Discrete Random Variables
Sums and Differences of Independent Random Variables
The Binomial Probability Distribution
The Poisson Probability Distribution
Geometric Probability Distribution
Normal Distribution
The Density Curve of the Normal Distribution
Applications of the Normal Distribution

Compound Events
The Complement of an Event
Conditional Probability
Additive and Multiplicative Rules
Basic Counting Rules
Discrete Probability Distribution
Probability Distribution for a Discrete Random Variable
Planning and Conducting an Experiment or Study
Experimental Design
Sampling Distributions and Estimations
The zScore and the Central Limit Theorem
Confidence Intervals
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