"First revised reprint." Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-367) and index.

Introduction -- Probability -- Random variables and sampling distributions -- Some important probability distributions -- Estimation -- Confidence intervals -- Hypothesis testing -- Tests on means -- Tests on variances -- Goodness of fit tests -- Correlation -- The straight line through the origin or through some other fixed point -- The polynomial through the origin or through some other fixed point -- The general straight line -- The general polynomial -- A brief look at multiple regression -- Appendix 1. Drawing a random sample using a table of random numbers -- Appendix 2. Orthogonal polynomials in x.