From the Book - First edition.
Probabilities-rules and review
Distributions of data-four plots
Mean value-estimation and a few properties
Boxplots-construction and interpretation
The lady who tasted tea-a bit of statistical history
Outlier/extreme values-a difficult decision
The role of summary statistics-brief description
Correlation and association-interpretation
Proportional reduction in error-a measure of association
Quick tests-four examples
Confounding-African-American and white infant mortality
Odds-a sometimes measure of likelihood
Odds ratio-a measure of risk?
Odds ratio-two properties rarely mentioned
Diagnostic tests-assessing accuracy
Regression to the mean-father/son data
Life table-a summary of mortality experience
Coincidence-a statistical description
Draft lottery numbers (1970)
Lotto-how to get in and how to win
Fatal coronary disease-risk
Eye-witness evidence-Collins versus the state of California
Probabilities and puzzles
Rates-definition and estimation
Geometry of an approximate average rate
Simpson's paradox-two examples and a bit more
Two by two table-a missing observation
Survey data-randomized response
Viral incidence estimation-a shortcut
Two-way table-a graphical analysis
Data-too good to be true?
A binary variable-twin pairs
Mr. Rich and Mr. Poor-a give and take equilibrium
Log-normal distribution-leukemia and pesticide exposure
A contribution to statistics
Appendix: Golden mean-application of a quadratic equation.
