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Chapter 3 - Seasonal adjustments and index numbers
Page 53 NZX15
Chapter 4 - Analysing bivariate dataPage 69 Guessing values of the correlation coefficient (1)
Page 69 Guessing values of the correlation coefficient (2)
Page 71 Evaluation of r - adding points
Page 73 Evolution of a star
Page 94 Statistical data sets
Chapter 5 - Bivariate relationshipsPage 96 Least squares and residuals
Page 96 Regression by eye
Chapter 6 - Exploratory data analysisPage 135 Altering bin widths in histograms
Page 138 Histogram bin widths
Page 138 Dot plot stats - guess vs actual
Page 143 How does Excel calculate quartiles?
Chapter 7 - Sampling variabilityPage 150 How to use iNZight Visual Inference tools (VIT)
Page 160 Confidence interval simulation
Chapter 8 - Differences between samplesPage 150 Education counts
Chapter 9 - Types of experimentPage 210 Randomisation
Page 210 How to use iNZight Visual Inference tools (VIT)
Page 215 Main effects plots
Page 225 Interaction plots
Chapter 12 - Data sourcesPage 266 Margins of Error - NZ Election 2005
A case study by Matt Regan (Department of Statistics, University of Auckland)
Chapter 15 - Probability and events based on chance
Page 338 A boy or a girl?
Page 339 Human sex ratio
Page 349 Bertrand's paradox
Chapter 15 in Sigma Statistics Workbook
Page 103 The history of playing card designs
Chapter 16 - Probability techniques
Page 364 The birthday problem (1)
Page 364 The birthday problem (2)
Chapter 17 - Conditional probability
Page 371 Green and red balls
Page 372 Conditional probability
Chapter 18 - Arrangements and selectionsPage 384 Multiplication principle (cute)
Page 386 Factorials (1)
Page 386 Factorials (2)
Page 393 Permutations and combinations (1)
Page 393 Permutations and combinations (2)
Page 401 Poker hand probabilities (1)
Page 401 Poker hand probabilities (2)
Page 401 Poker hand probabilities (3)
Chapter 19 - Discrete random variablesPage 420 Platonic solids
Chapter 21 - The binomial distributionPage 451 Binomial coin-tossing
Page 451 The ball-drop experiment
Page 453 Binomial probability calculator
Chapter 22 - The Poisson distributionPage 473 Poisson probability calculator
Page 483 Earthquake data
Chapter 23 - The normal distributionPage 494 Normal probability calculator (1)
Page 494 Normal probability calculator (2)
Chapter 24 - SimulationPage 527 Human guessing is not random
Page 527 Simulating binomial probabilities
Page 531 Breaking the stick simulation
Chapter 24 in Sigma Statistics Workbook
Page 171 Random walk in one or two dimensions
Page 171 Random walk in 2D
Page 171 Drunken sailor animation
Appendix 1 - Using the Central Limit Theorem to construct confidence intervalsPage 548 Sampling distributions
Page 562 Confidence intervals for proportions