Type:
Solution Manual
Biostatistics for the Biological Resource: and Health Sciences, Global Edition Edition:
2nd Edition
Author(s):
Mac Triola Mario Triola Jason Roy
INSTRUCTOR’S SOLUTIONS MANUAL JAMES LAPP Colorado Mesa University
BIOSTATISTICS FOR THE BIOLOGICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
S ECOND E DITION G LOBAL E DITION
Marc Triola New York University School of Medicine
Mario F. Triola Dutchess Community College
Jason Roy
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 Section 2-1: Frequency Distributions for Organizing and Summarizing Data ..........................7 Section 2-2: Histograms ...........................................................................................................12 Section 2-3: Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive ...............................................14 Section 2-4: Scatterplots, Correlation, and Regression ...........................................................17 Chapter Quick Quiz .................................................................................................................18 Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................19 Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................20
Chapter 3: Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data Section 3-1: Measures of Center ..............................................................................................23 Section 3-2: Measures of Variation .........................................................................................27 Section 3-3: Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots ......................................................31 Chapter Quick Quiz .................................................................................................................34 Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................35 Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................35
Chapter 4: Probability 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 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 Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................48 Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................49
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 Section 7-1: Estimating a Population Proportion.....................................................................81 Section 7-2: Estimating a Population Mean.............................................................................85 Section 7-3: Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance ...................................89 Section 7-4: Bootstrapping: Using Technology for Estimates ................................................92 Chapter Quick Quiz .................................................................................................................94 Review Exercises .....................................................................................................................94 Cumulative Review Exercises .................................................................................................96
Chapter 8: Hypothesis Testing Section 8-1: Basics of Hypothesis Testing ..............................................................................97 Section 8-2: Testing a Claim About a Proportion ....................................................................99 Section 8-3: Testing a Claim About a Mean ..........................................................................104 Section 8-4: Testing a Claim About a Standard Deviation or Variance ................................108 Chapter Quick Quiz ...............................................................................................................110 Review Exercises ...................................................................................................................111 Cumulative Review Exercises ...............................................................................................112
Chapter 9: Inferences from Two Samples Section 9-1: Two Proportions ................................................................................................115 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 Review Exercises ...................................................................................................................137 Cumulative Review Exercises ...............................................................................................138
Chapter 10: Correlation and Regression Section 10-1: Correlation .......................................................................................................141 Section 10-2: Regression .......................................................................................................148 Section 10-3: Prediction Intervals and Variation ...................................................................156 Section 10-4: Multiple Regression.........................................................................................158 Section 10-5: Dummy Variables and Logistic Regression ....................................................160 Chapter Quick Quiz ...............................................................................................................162 Review Exercises ...................................................................................................................162 Cumulative Review Exercises ...............................................................................................164
Chapter 11: Goodness-of-Fit and Contingency Tables Section 11-1: Goodness-of-Fit ...............................................................................................167 Section 11-2: Contingency Tables .........................................................................................170 Chapter Quick Quiz ...............................................................................................................174 Review Exercises ...................................................................................................................175 Cumulative Review Exercises ...............................................................................................176
Chapter 12: Analysis of Variance Section 12-1: One-Way ANOVA ..........................................................................................177 Section 12-2: Two-Way ANOVA .........................................................................................178 Chapter Quick Quiz ...............................................................................................................179 Review Exercises ...................................................................................................................180 Cumulative Review Exercises ...............................................................................................180
Chapter 13: Nonparametric Tests Section 13-2: Sign Test ..........................................................................................................183 Section 13-3: Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test for Matched Pairs ............................................184 Section 13-4: Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for Two Independent samples ...............................185 Section 13-5: Kruskal-Wallis Test for Three or More Samples ............................................188 Section 13-6: Rank Correlation .............................................................................................190 Chapter Quick Quiz ...............................................................................................................191 Review Exercises ...................................................................................................................192 Cumulative Review Exercises ...............................................................................................192
Chapter 14: Survival Analysis Section 14-1: Life Tables .......................................................................................................195 Section 14-2: Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis .....................................................................197 Chapter Quick Quiz ...............................................................................................................198 Review Exercises ...................................................................................................................199 Cumulative Review Exercises ...............................................................................................200