INSTRUCTOR’S
SOLUTIONS MANUAL
JAMES LAPP
Colorado Mesa University
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BIOSTATISTICS
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BIOLOGICAL
FOR THE
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AND HEALTH SCIENCES
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SECOND EDITION
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Marc Triola
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New York University School of Medicine
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Mario F. Triola
Dutchess Community College
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Jason Roy
University of Pennsylvania Perelman
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, CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction To Statistics
Section 1-1: Statistical and Critical Thinking............................................................................1
Section 1-2: Types of Data ........................................................................................................2
Section 1-3: Collecting Sample Data.........................................................................................3
Chapter Quick Quiz ...................................................................................................................5
Review Exercises .......................................................................................................................5
Cumulative Review Exercises ...................................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Exploring Data with Tables and Graphs
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Section 2-1: Frequency Distributions for Organizing and Summarizing Data..........................7
Section 2-2: Histograms...........................................................................................................12
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Section 2-3: Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive...............................................14
Section 2-4: Scatterplots, Correlation, and Regression ...........................................................17
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Chapter Quick Quiz .................................................................................................................18
Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................18
Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................20
Chapter 3: Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data
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Section 3-1: Measures of Center..............................................................................................23
Section 3-2: Measures of Variation .........................................................................................27
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Section 3-3: Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots......................................................31
Chapter Quick Quiz .................................................................................................................34
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Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................35
Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................35
Chapter 4: Probability
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Section 4-1: Basic Concepts of Probability .............................................................................37
Section 4-2: Addition Rule and Multiplication Rule ...............................................................38
Section 4-3: Complements, Conditional Probability, and Bayes’ Theorem............................41
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Section 4-4: Risks and Odds ....................................................................................................42
Section 4-5: Rates of Mortality, Fertility, and Morbidity........................................................44
Section 4-6: Counting ..............................................................................................................46
Chapter Quick Quiz .................................................................................................................48
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Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................48
Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................49
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Chapter 5: Discrete Probability Distributions
Section 5-1: Probability Distributions .....................................................................................51
Section 5-2: Binomial Probability Distributions......................................................................52
Section 5-3: Poisson Probability Distributions ........................................................................55
Chapter Quick Quiz .................................................................................................................57
Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................58
Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................59
, Chapter 6: Normal Probability Distributions
Section 6-1: The Standard Normal Distribution ......................................................................61
Section 6-2: Real Applications of Normal Distributions.........................................................62
Section 6-3: Sampling Distributions and Estimators ...............................................................65
Section 6-4: The Central Limit Theorem.................................................................................69
Section 6-5: Assessing Normality............................................................................................72
Section 6-6: Normal as Approximation to Binomial ...............................................................75
Chapter Quick Quiz .................................................................................................................77
Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................77
Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................79
Chapter 7: Estimating Parameters and Determining Sample Sizes
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Section 7-1: Estimating a Population Proportion.....................................................................81
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Section 7-2: Estimating a Population Mean.............................................................................85
Section 7-3: Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance...................................89
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Section 7-4: Bootstrapping: Using Technology for Estimates ................................................92
Chapter Quick Quiz .................................................................................................................94
Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................94
Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................96
Chapter 8: Hypothesis Testing IE
Section 8-1: Basics of Hypothesis Testing ..............................................................................97
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Section 8-2: Testing a Claim About a Proportion....................................................................99
Section 8-3: Testing a Claim About a Mean..........................................................................104
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Section 8-4: Testing a Claim About a Standard Deviation or Variance ................................108
Chapter Quick Quiz ...............................................................................................................110
Review Exercises ...................................................................................................................111
Cumulative Review Exercises ...............................................................................................112
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Chapter 9: Chapter 9: Inferences from Two Samples
Section 9-1: Two Proportions ................................................................................................115
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Section 9-2: Two Means: Independent Samples....................................................................124
Section 9-3: Two Dependent Samples (Matched Pairs) ........................................................130
Section 9-4: Two Variances or Standard Deviations.............................................................134
Chapter Quick Quiz ...............................................................................................................136
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Review Exercises ...................................................................................................................137
Cumulative Review Exercises ...............................................................................................138
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