Stat Labs

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Maternal Smoking and Infant Health

   Pages 1-25

3. Who Plays Video Games?

   Pages 27-52

4. Minnesota Radon Levels

   Pages 53-73

5. Patterns in DNA

   Pages 75-98

6. Can She Taste the Difference?

   Pages 99-117

7. HIV Infection in Hemophiliacs

   Pages 119-138

8. Dungeness Crab Growth

   Pages 139-159

9. Calibrating a Snow Gauge

   Pages 161-178

10. Voting Behavior

    Pages 179-195

11. Maternal Smoking and Infant Health (continued)

    Pages 197-213

12. A Mouse Model for Down Syndrome

    Pages 215-236

13. Helicopter Design

    Pages 237-250

14. Back Matter

    Pages 251-283

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This book uses a model we have developed for teaching mathematical statistics through in depth case studies. Traditional statistics texts have many small numer ical examples in each chapter to illustrate a topic in statistical theory. Here, we instead make a case study the centerpiece of each chapter. The case studies, which we call labs, raise interesting scienti?c questions, and ?guring out how to answer a question is the starting point for developing statistical theory. The labs are substan tial exercises; they have nontrivial solutions that leave room for different analyses of the data. In addition to providing the framework and motivation for studying topics in mathematical statistics, the labs help students develop statistical thinking. We feel that this approach integrates theoretical and applied statistics in a way not commonly encountered in an undergraduate text. The Student The book is intended for a course in mathematical statistics for juniors and seniors. We assume that students have had one year of calculus, including Taylor series, and a course in probability. We do not assume students have experience with statistical software so we incorporate lessons into our course on how to use the software.

• STATISTICA
• bioinformatics
• data analysis
• linear optimization
• mathematical statistics
• statistics

• Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

  Deborah Nolan, Terry Speed

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