Course Outline
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segmentGetting Started (Don't Skip This Part)
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segmentIntroduction to Statistics: A Modeling Approach
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segmentPART I: EXPLORING VARIATION
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segmentChapter 1 - Welcome to Statistics: A Modeling Approach
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segmentChapter 2 - Understanding Data
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segmentChapter 3 - Examining Distributions
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segmentChapter 4 - Explaining Variation
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segmentPART II: MODELING VARIATION
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segmentChapter 5 - A Simple Model
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segmentChapter 6 - Quantifying Error
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segmentChapter 7 - Adding an Explanatory Variable to the Model
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segmentChapter 8 - Models with a Quantitative Explanatory Variable
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segmentPART III: EVALUATING MODELS
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segmentChapter 9 - Distributions of Estimates
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segmentChapter 10 - Confidence Intervals and Their Uses
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segmentChapter 11 - Model Comparison with the F Ratio
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segmentChapter 12 - What You Have Learned
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segmentResources
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References
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list Introduction to Statistics: A Modeling Approach
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