Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Statistics and how they are used 2. Populations and samples 3. Organizing and displaying data 4. Summarizing data 5. Probability 6. The normal distribution 7. Sampling distribution of means 8. One-sample significance testing, point estimates, and confidence intervals 9. Two-sample significance testing, point estimates, and confidence intervals 10. Anova 11. Inferences regarding proportions 12. The chi-square test 13. Correlation and linear regression 14. Nonparametric methods 15. Vital statistics and demographic methods 16. Life tables 17. The health survey and the research report appendix a: binomial probability table appendix b: percentiles of the f distribution appendix c: percentage points of the studentized range for 2 through 20 treatments appendix d: critical values of n for the sign test appendix e: random digits answers to selected exercises bibliography