Index 485
realization
of random sample 247
of random variable 72
regression line 257, 329
estimated
for Janka hardness data 258, 330
intercept of 257, 331
slope of 257, 331
regression model
general 256
linear 257, 329
relative efficiency 304
relative frequency
law of large numbers for 253
residence times 26
residual 332
response variable 257
right continuity of F 45
right critical value 388
right tail probabilities 377
of the N (0, 1) distribution 65, 345,
433
Ross, S.M. 199
run, in simulation 77
sample mean 231
law of large numbers for 249
of Old Faithful data 208
of Wick temperatures 231
sample median 232
of Wick temperatures 232
sample space 13
bridge loading 13
coin tossing 13
twice 18
countably infinite 19
envelopes 14
months 13
products of 18
uncountable 17
sample standard deviation 233
law of large numbers for 253
of Wick temperatures 233
sample statistic 249
and distribution feature 254
sample variance 233
law of large numbers for 253
sampling distribution 289
scatterplot 221
of black cherry trees 267
of drill times 223
of Janka hardness data 223, 257,
258
of Old Faithful data 229
of Wick temperatures 232
second moment 98
serial number analysis 7, 299
shifted exponential distribution 364
Shoshoni Indians example 402
data 403
significance level 384
observed 387
of a test 384
simple linear regression 257, 329
simulation
of the Poisson process 175
run 77
slope of regression line 257
software reliability example 218
boxplot 237
data 218
empirical distribution function 219,
256
estimated exponential 256
histogram 255
kernel density estimate 218, 255,
256
order statistics 227
sample mean 255
solo race example 151
space shuttle Challenger 5
speed of light example 9, 181
data 246
sample mean 256
speeding 104
standard deviation 97
standardizing averages 197
stationarity 168
weak 168
statistical independence 34
statistical model
random sample model 247
simple linear regression model 257,
329
stochastic independence 34
stochastic simulation 71
strictly convex function 107
strong law of large numbers 187