Part One: The General Principles Involved in Tackling Real-life Statistical Problems
1: Introduction
2: The stages of a statistical investigation
3: Formulating the problem
4: Collecting the data
5: Analysing the data - 1: General strategy
6: Analysing the data - 2: The initial examination of data
7: Analysing the data - 3: The definitive' analysis
8: Using resources - 1: The computer
9: Using resources - 2: The library
10: Communication - 1: Effective statistical consulting
11: Communication - 2: Effective report writing
12: Numeracy
Summary
Part Two: Exercises
A: Descriptive statistics
B: Exploring data
C: Correlation and regression
D: Analysing complex large-scale data sets
E: Analysing more structured data
F: Time-series analysis
G: Miscellaneous
H: Collecting data
Part Three: Appendices
Appendix A: A digest of statistical techniques
Appendix B: Minitab and Glim
Appendix C: Some useful addresses
Appendix D: Statistical tables