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Title
Format
Year
Location & Availability
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1.
VHS
1986
VHS3606
For all practical purposes. Statistics. #10 statistical inference
For all practical purposes. Statistics
Focuses on the concept of a confidence interval and describes precisely what opinion polls do and do not tell us.
2.
Online
1989
Inference for one mean [electronic resource]
Inference for one mean
Covers inference about the mean of a single distribution, with emphasis on paired samples. Also covers the "t" confidence interval and test.
3.
Online
1989
Confidence intervals [electronic resource]
Confidence intervals
Deals with the reasoning behind confidence intervals, z-intervals for the mean of a normal distribution, and the behavior of confidence intervals. Examples are chosen from population surveys to demonstrate how margin of error and confidence levels are interpreted.
4.
Online
1989
Comparing two means [electronic resource]
Comparing two means
Deals with two-sample t confidence intervals and tests for comparing means.
5.
Online
1989
Inference for two-way tables [electronic resource]
Inference for two-way tables
Covers the chi-square test for independence/equal distributions in two-way tables.
6.
Online
1989
Inference for proportions [electronic resource]
Inference for proportions
Covers confidence intervals and tests for a single proportion and for comparing proportions based on paired and independent samples. Examples are chosen from government estimates on unemployment.
7.
Online
1986
Confident conclusions [electronic resource]
Confident conclusions
Program 10 compares formal statistical inference, as opposed to exploratory data analysis, based on calculations of probability. Defines confidence intervals and demonstrates how to find a 95% confidence interval for a population proportion p. Application examples are drawn from a health study, manufacturing, and Gallup poll interviews.