Birth process, pure, 378
Bivariate data, 3, 617, 623, 632,
691, 721
Bivariate normal distribution,
258–260, 310, 318, 477,
667–671
Bonferroni confidence intervals,
424, 657–659, 689
Bootstrap procedure
for confidence intervals,
411–418, 532–534
for paired data, 538–540
for point estimates, 345–346
Bound on the error of estimation, 388
Box–Muller transformation, 271
Boxplot, 37–41
comparative, 40–41
Branching process, 281
C
Categorical data
classification of, 30
graphs for, 19
in multiple regression analysis,
696–699
Pareto diagram, 24
sample proportion in, 30
Cauchy distribution
mean of, 322, 342
median of, 342
minimal sufficiency for, 367
reciprocals and, 231
standard normal distribution
and, 271
uniform distribution and, 226
variance of sample mean
for, 349
Causation, association and, 251, 671
cdf. See Cumulative distribution
function
Cell counts/frequencies, 725–727,
729–730, 732–740, 744–750
Cell probabilities, 729, 732, 737, 739
Censored experiments, 32, 343–344
Census, 2
Central Limit Theorem
basics of, 298–303
Law of Large Numbers and, 305
proof of, 329–330
sample proportion distribution
and, 190
Wilcoxon rank-sum test and, 770
Wilcoxon signed-rank test
and, 765
Central t distribution, 320–323, 423
Chebyshev’s inequality, 120, 138,
156, 194, 303, 345
Chi-squared distribution
censored experiment and, 421
in confidence intervals,
389–390, 410
critical values for, 317, 389,
409–410, 477, 725, 727,
737–738
definition of, 200
degrees of freedom for, 200, 315
exponential distribution
and, 317
F distribution and, 323–325
gamma distribution and, 200, 315
in goodness-of-fit tests, 720–751
Rayleigh distribution and, 226
standard normal distribution
and, 224, 316–317, 325
of sum of squares, 317, 557
t distribution and, 320, 325
in transformation, 224
Weibull distribution and, 231
Chi-squared random variable
in ANOVA, 557
cdf for, 316
expected value of, 315
in hypothesis testing, 482
in likelihood ratio tests, 477, 480
mean of, 315
moment generating function
of, 315
pdf of, 200, 315
standard normal random
variables and, 224,
316–317, 325
in Tukey’s procedure, 565
variance of, 315
Chi-squared test
degrees of freedom in, 726, 734,
736, 745, 748
for goodness of fit, 724-730,
for homogeneity, 745–747
for independence, 747–749
P-value for, 727–728
for specified distribution,
729–730
z test and, 752
Class interva ls, 15–17, 278, 293,
738–739
Coefficient of determination
definition of, 632–634, 686
F ratio and, 687
in multiple regression, 686
sample correla tion coefficient
and, 664
Coefficient of skewness, 121,
128, 178
Coefficient of variation, 45, 229, 357
Cohort, 281
Combination, 70–72
Comparative boxplot, 40–41, 502,
503, 554
Complement of an event, 53, 60
Compound event, 52, 62
Concentration parameter, 779
Conceptual population, 6, 113,
287, 487
Conditional density, 253
Conditional distribution, 253–263,
361, 369, 667, 735, 758, 777
Conditional mean, 255–262
Conditional probability, 74–81,
84–85, 200, 253–255, 362,
365–366
Conditional probability density
function, 253
Conditional probability mass
function, 253, 255
Conditional variance, 255–262, 367
Confidence bound, 398–399, 403,
440, 494, 500, 513
Confidence interval
adjustment of, 400
in ANOVA, 565, 570–571, 578,
589, 591, 603
based on t distribution, 401–404,
499–501, 505, 513–515,
570–571, 643–646
Bonferroni, 424, 657-659
bootstrap procedure for,
411–418, 538, 540, 532–534
for a contrast, 571
for a correlation coefficient, 671
vs. credibility interval, 777–781
definition of, 382
derivation of, 389
for difference of means, 493–495,
500–501, 505, 513–515,
532–534, 539–540, 565–569,
578, 589, 591, 603
for difference of proportions, 524
distribution-free, 771–776
for exponential distribution
parameter, 389
in linear regression, 643–646,
656–658
for mean, 383–387, 392,
403–404, 411–415
for median, 415–417
in multiple regression, 689, 712
one-sided, 398, 500, 513
for paired data, 513–515, 539
for ratio of variances, 530–531, 537
sample size and, 388
Scheffe
´
method for, 610
sign, 784
for slope coefficient, 643
for standard deviation, 409–410
for variance, 409–410
width of, 385, 387–388, 394, 397,
404, 417, 495
836 Index