Data and statistics -- Descriptive statistics: tabular and graphical presentations -- Descriptive statistics: numerical measures -- Introduction to probability -- Discrete probability distributions -- Continuous probability distributions -- Sampling and sampling distributions -- Interval estimation -- Hypothesis tests -- Comparisons involving means, experimental design, and analysis of variance -- Comparisons involving proportions and a test of independence -- Simple linear regression -- Multiple regression -- Statistical methods for quality control -- References and bibliography -- Tables -- Summation notation -- Self-test solutions and answers to exercises -- Microsoft Excel 2007 and tools for statistical analysis

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