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Chapter 1 Data and Statistics
Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Presentations
Chapter 3 Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures
Chapter 4 Introduction to Probability
Chapter 5 Discrete Probability Distributions
Chapter 6 Continuous Probability Distributions
Chapter 7 Sampling and Sampling Distributions
Chapter 8 Interval Estimation
Chapter 9 Hypothesis Tests
Chapter 10 Statistical Inference About Means and Proportions with Two Populations
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