Applications Index 837 Effect of Blinding, 446 Family Size and Composition, 41, 243 Footsteps, 574 Friday the 13th, 476, 655, 663 Funnel Experiment, 723 Ghost Sightings, 150, 600 Head Circumference and Forearm Length, 574 Height and Arm Span, 85, 415, 480, 574–575, 698 Height and Navel Height, 574, 699 Heights, 540 Household Energy Consumption, 719 Human Project, 30 Last Digits of Data, 53, 61, 243, 308, 363–364, 403–404, 589, 590, 606, 608, 609 Laundry Symbols, 167 Leading Digits Frequencies, 239, 569, 583, 584, 586, 587, 589, 590, 605 Lefties, 197, 255 Length of Classroom, 370, 439, 641 Length of Straws, 42 Letter Combinations, 181–182 Life Insurance, 218 Line Length, 370, 438, 505 Lost Wallets, 24, 596 Manual Dexterity, 606 Median, 91 Mensa Membership, 305 Meta-Analysis, 209 Minting Coins, 342, 353, 362, 418, 420, 422, 423, 424, 430, 487, 716–717 Monarchs’ Ages at Coronation, 638 Moon Landing, 568, 684 Name Guessing, 243 National Statistics Day, 198 Nuclear Plant Safety, 720 Origin of Statistics, 6 Paranormal, Supernatural, or Occult Power or Event, 242–243 Pedometers, 504 Penny Weights, 51, 74–75, 353, 362, 413, 423, 424, 758 Pin Numbers, 186 Planets, 239–240 Popes’ Ages at Election, 638 Poplar Tree Experiment, 626 Power Supply, 170 Probabilities that Challenge Intuition, 146 Psychic Staring Effect, 438 Publication Bias, 7 The Random Secretary, 182 Safe Combination, 187 Scheduling Routes, 186 Seating Design, 135, 271, 286–287, 292, 303 Shakespeare’s Vocabulary, 315 Shared Birthdays, 180 Shark Attacks, 70, 99, 116 Shoe Print Length and Height, 76, 78, 79, 85, 119, 527, 542, 556–557, 562, 574, 748 Shoe Sizes, 18 Sitting Heights, 635 Six Degrees of Separation, 19 Social Security Numbers, 25, 186, 202 Sunspot Numbers, 569 Tall Women, 305 Thanksgiving Day, 150–151 Thermostats, 99, 116–117 Time Setting, 439 Top Ten Jobs, 8 Twins in Twinsburg, 472 Units of Measurement, 15 Unseen Coin Toss, 180 Value of a Statistical Life (VSL), 31 Weight Measurements, 101 Weights of One-Dollar Coins, 352, 415, 422 Weights of Quarters, 122, 134, 342, 362, 413, 418–419, 430, 467, 487, 639, 712, 758, 760 Whirlybirds, 575 Years, 18 ZIP Codes, 187 Health Acupuncture Study on Back Pain, 34 Adverse Reactions to Drug, 20, 325, 363, 387, 400 Aspirin Preventing Heart Attacks, 231, 383 Atkins Weight Loss Program, 7, 35, 342, 353 Bayer Aspirin, 354 Bednets to Reduce Malaria, 452 Birth Genders, 24, 144–145, 154, 177, 178, 206–207, 209, 227, 229, 242, 282, 325, 401, 747, 760 Births, 40, 54, 140, 200, 236–237, 242, 307, 309, 368, 437, 503, 573, 589, 607 Birth Weights, 24, 37, 102, 135, 138, 266, 305, 341, 354, 423, 465, 488, 638, 676, 760 Blinding in Clinical Trials, 33 Blood Cell Counts, 52, 54, 120, 352, 353, 434 Blood Donors, 232 Blood Lead Levels, 467 Blood Pressure, 54, 70, 79, 81, 101, 118, 134, 136, 281, 290, 354, 388, 389, 414 Blood Testing, 173 Body Measurements, 10 Body Temperatures, 11, 20, 25, 39, 82, 102, 112, 118, 119, 120, 122, 191–192, 195, 271, 288–289, 302, 307, 341, 344, 353, 410–411, 413, 423, 499, 636, 652–653, 657, 661, 724, 726–729, 730, 747 Bone Density Test, 250–251, 252–253, 254–256, 259–260, 303, 304 Cancer Risk, 15 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Splinting or Surgery, 10, 450, 605 Cell Phone Radiation, 59, 99–100, 116–117, 136, 361, 367, 415, 416 Cell Phones and Cancer, 99–100, 116–117 Cholesterol Levels, 62, 342, 353, 637, 669 Cigarette Contents, 572 Cigarette Pack Warnings, 452 Clinical Trials, 7, 10, 20, 27, 67–68, 188–189, 227, 384, 451, 565, 587, 595, 602, 669 Concussions, 639 Coronary Heart Disease, 387 Cost of Giving Birth, 72 Diet and Exercise Program, 10 Diet Research, 12 Disease Clusters, 63, 237 Dog Detection of Malaria, 452, 600 Drug Testing, 159, 169, 173–174, 180, 230, 238, 239, 327, 473, 573 Effectiveness of Crest in Reducing Cavities, 471 Effectiveness of Diet Programs, 10, 35, 353 Effectiveness of Echinacea, 602 Effectiveness of Flu Vaccine, 196–197 Effectiveness of the Salk Vaccine, 27, 446, 449 Effects of Alcohol, 469, 487 Expensive Diet Pill, 458 Flu Shots, 368 Freshman Weight Gain, 24, 53, 61, 271, 290–291, 293, 361, 477, 694, 750 Government Health Plan, 241 Growth Charts Updated, 49 Hand Washing, 9, 34, 241, 465 Hawthorne and Experimenter Effects, 22 Headache Treatment, 209 Heart Attacks and Statistics, 220 Heartbeats, 439 Heart Health Study, 35 Heart Pacemakers, 170 High Blood Pressure, 388 High-Dose Nicotine Patch Therapy, 319 Hip Protectors, 598 HIV Infections, 230 HIV Vaccine, 36 Hypnotism for Reducing Pain, 479 Insomnia Treatment, 35, 36, 342, 353, 414–415 Lead Exposure and IQ Score, 136, 414, 467, 488, 563, 640–641, 670, 749 Length of Pregnancy, 271 Lipitor, 34, 36, 37, 62, 167, 400, 669 Magnet Treatment of Pain, 33, 466 Mean Pulse Rate, 343–344, 464, 637 Medicare Identifiers, 189 Nicotine in Cigarettes, 80, 352, 466, 488, 540, 572, 693 Nicotine Patches, 319, 440–441 Nurse’s Health Study, 35 Online Medical Info, 37 Organ Donors, 199 Passive and Active Smoke, 140, 336–337, 344, 466, 488, 624, 676, 750 Physicians’ Health Study, 35, 37 Placebo Effect, 22 Polio Experiment, 27, 446
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