| Introduction.
Part I: Vital Statistics about Statistics.
Chapter 1: The Statistics of Everyday Life.
Chapter 2: Statistics Gone Wrong.
Chapter 3: Tools of the Trade.
Part II: Number-Crunching Basics.
Chapter 4: Getting the Picture: Charts and Graphs.
Chapter 5: Means, Medians, and More.
Part III: Determining the Odds.
Chapter 6: What Are the Chances? Understanding Probability.
Chapter 7: Gambling to Win.
Part IV: Wading through the Results.
Chapter 8: Measures of Relative Standing.
Chapter 9: Caution: Sample Results Vary!
Chapter 10: Leaving Room for a Margin of Error.
Part V: Guesstimating with Confidence.
Chapter 11: The Business of Estimation: Interpreting and Evaluating Confidence Intervals.
Chapter 12: Calculating Accurate Confidence Intervals.
Chapter 13: Commonly Used Confidence Intervals: Formulas and Examples.
Part VI: Putting a Claim to the (Hypothesis) Test.
Chapter 14: Claims, Tests, and Conclusions.
Chapter 15: Commonly Used Hypothesis Tests: Formulas and Examples.
Part VII: Statistical Studies: The Inside Scoop.
Chapter 16: Polls, Polls, and More Polls.
Chapter 17: Experiments: Medical Breakthroughs or Misleading Results?
Chapter 18: Looking for Links: Correlations and Associations.
Chapter 19: Statistics and Toothpaste: Quality Control.
Part VIII: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 20: Ten Criteria for a Good Survey.
Chapter 21: Ten Common Statistical Mistakes.
Appendix: Sources.
Index.
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