Contents
Chapter 1Introduction
1.1What is statistics
1.2Study design and data collection
1.3The purpose of this textbook
1.4Introduction to some basic terms and notation
Chapter 2Descriptive Statistics
2.1Types of data
2.2Measures of central tendency
2.3Measures of dispersion
2.4Tabular and graphical presentation of data
Chapter 3Probability Distributions
3.1Definitions and basic ideas related to probability
3.2The binomial distribution
3.3The Poisson distribution
3.4The normal probability distribution
Chapter 4Introduction to Statistical Inference
4.1Important definitions and concepts
4.2Concepts of hypothesis testing
4.3Interval estimation
Chapter 5One Sample Statistical Inference
5.1One sample test for the mean of a normal distribution with
known variance
5.2One sample t test
Chapter 6Two Samples Statistical Inference
6.1The paired t test
6.2The two samples t test for independent means
6.3Testing for the equality of two variances
6.4The two sample tests for binomial proportions
Chapter 7Nonparametric Statistics
7.1Advantages and disadvantages
7.2The Wilcoxon signedª²rank test for one sample test of central
tendency
7.3Wilcoxon signed rank test for paired data
7.4Two sample test of central tendency
7.5The Kruskalª²Wallis test
Chapter 8Chiª²square Test
8.1Comparison of proportion in independent samples
8.2Comparison of proportion in related samples¡ªMcNermar¬ðs test
8.3Chiª²square goodnessª²ofª²fit test
8.4Tests for association in contingency tables¡ªmeasuring
independence
8.5Fisher¬ðs exact test
Chapter 9Correlation and Regression
9.1Simple linear regression
9.2Multiple regression
9.3Linear correlation
Chapter 10Analysis of Variance Techniques
10.1One way analysis of variance
10.2ANOVA for randomized block design
10.3Factorial designs
Chapter 11Research Designs
11.1Sample and sampling techniques
11.2Design of experiments
11.3Observational study design
Appendix Tables
Table A1Cumulative distribution function for standard normal
distribution
Table A2Critical values for the t distribution
Table A3Critical values for wilcoxon signed rank test
Table A4Critical values for wilcoxon rank sum test
Table A5Critical values for the chiª²square (¦Ö2) distribution
Table A6Critical values for the F distribution
(for homogeneity test)P=0.05
Table A7Critical values for the F distribution(for ANOVA test, oneª²sided)
Upper£ºP=0.05Lower£ºP=0.01
Table A8Critical values for r
Table A9Critical values for rs
Table A10Random digits
Index
Reference