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Getting Started

    Preface
        How to Use This Guide
        Related Products List
        Typographical Conventions

    Introduction
        What Is the Statistics Toolbox?
        Primary Topic Areas
        Random Number Generators in the Statistic Toolbox
        Mathematical Notation

Examples

Probability Distributions

    Introduction
    Overview of the Functions
        Probability Density Function (pdf)
        Cumulative Distribution Function (cdf)
        Inverse Cumulative Distribution Function
        Random Number Generator
        Mean and Variance as a Function of Parameters

    Overview of the Distributions
        Reproducing the Output of Random Number Functions
        Beta Distribution
        Binomial Distribution
        Chi-Square Distribution
        Noncentral Chi-Square Distribution
        Discrete Uniform Distribution
        Exponential Distribution
        Extreme Value Distribution
        F Distribution
        Noncentral F Distribution
        Gamma Distribution
        Geometric Distribution
        Hypergeometric Distribution
        Lognormal Distribution
        Negative Binomial Distribution
        Normal Distribution
        Poisson Distribution
        Rayleigh Distribution
        Student's t Distribution
        Noncentral t Distribution
        Uniform (Continuous) Distribution
        Weibull Distribution

    Probability Distributions Demo
    Random Sample Generation Demo

Descriptive Statistics

    Measures of Central Tendency (Location)
    Measures of Dispersion
    Functions for Data with Missing Values (NaNs)
    Function for Grouped Data
    Percentiles and Graphical Descriptions
        Percentiles
        Probability Density Estimation
        Empirical Cumulative Distribution Function

    The Bootstrap

Linear Models

    Introduction
    One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
        Example: One-Way ANOVA
        Multiple Comparisons
        Example: Multiple Comparisons

    Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
        Example: Two-Way ANOVA

    N-Way Analysis of Variance
        Example: N-Way ANOVA with Small Data Set
        Example: N-Way ANOVA with Large Data Set

    ANOVA with Random Effects
        Setting Up the Model
        Fitting a Random Effects Model
        F Statistics for Models with Random Effects
        Variance Components

    Analysis of Covariance
        The aoctool Demo

    Multiple Linear Regression
        Mathematical Foundations of Multiple Linear Regression
        Example: Multiple Linear Regression
        Polynomial Curve Fitting Demo

    Quadratic Response Surface Models
        Exploring Graphs of Multidimensional Polynomials

    Stepwise Regression
        Stepwise Regression Demo

    Generalized Linear Models
        Example: Generalized Linear Models
        Generalized Linear Model Demo

    Robust and Nonparametric Methods
        Robust Regression
        Kruskal-Wallis Test
        Friedman's Test

Nonlinear Regression Models

    Nonlinear Least Squares
        Example: Nonlinear Modeling
        An Interactive GUI for Nonlinear Fitting and Prediction

    Regression and Classification Trees

Multivariate Statistics

    Principal Components Analysis
        Example: Principal Components Analysis
        The Principal Components (First Output)
        The Component Scores (Second Output)
        The Component Variances (Third Output)
        Hotelling's T2 (Fourth Output)

    Factor Analysis
        Example: Finding Common Factors Affecting Stock Prices
        Factor Rotation
        Predicting Factor Scores
        Comparison of Factor Analysis and Principal Components Analysis

    Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)
        Example: Multivariate Analysis of Variance

    Cluster Analysis
        Hierarchical Clustering
        K-Means Clustering

    Classical Multidimensional Scaling
        Overview
        Reconstructing a Map from Intercity Distances

Hypothesis Tests

    Introduction
    Hypothesis Test Terminology
    Hypothesis Test Assumptions
    Example: Hypothesis Testing
    Available Hypothesis Tests

Statistical Plots

    Introduction
    Box Plots
    Distribution Plots
        Normal Probability Plots
        Quantile-Quantile Plots
        Weibull Probability Plots
        Empirical Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)

    Scatter Plots

Statistical Process Control

    Control Charts
        Xbar Charts
        S Charts
        EWMA Charts

    Capability Studies

Design of Experiments

    Introduction
    Full Factorial Designs
    Fractional Factorial Designs
    Response Surface Designs
        Central Composite Designs
        Box-Behnken Designs
        Design of Experiments Demo

    D-Optimal Designs
        Generating D-Optimal Designs
        Augmenting D-Optimal Designs
        Designing Experiments with Uncontrolled Inputs
        Controlling Candidate Points
        Including Categorical Factors

Hidden Markov Models

    Introduction
    Example of a Hidden Markov Model
    Markov Chains
        How the Toolbox Generates Random Sequences

    Analyzing a Hidden Markov Model
        Setting Up the Model and Generating Data
        Computing the Most Likely Sequence of States
        Estimating the Transition and Emission Matrices
        Calculating Posterior State Probabilities
        Changing the Probabilities of the Initial States
        Example: Changing the Initial Probabilities
        References

Functions -- By Category

    Probability Distributions
    Descriptive Statistics
    Statistical Plotting
    Statistical Process Control
    Linear Models
    Nonlinear Regression
    Design of Experiments
    Multivariate Statistics
    Decision Tree Techniques
    Hypothesis Tests
    Distribution Testing
    Nonparametric Testing
    Hidden Markov Models
    File I/O
    Demonstrations
    Data
    Utility

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