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Statistics: From Data to Decision, 2nd Edition
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, April 2010, Pages: 839
Statistics teaches a modern approach that uses graphing calculators or statistical software and allows students and instructors to place more emphasis on statistical concepts and data analysis than on following recipes for calculations. The text is intended to be used as much as a dialog as a reference; students will have to be thoughtful as they read. An activity introduces each major topic, allowing students to experience the major concepts of statistical thinking before going on to confirm them through further analysis (often involving simulation) and practice with data. Statistics gives the design and analysis of both experiments and surveys an honest treatment, rather than forcing them into overly simplistic models.
The authors are well known for their work in helping the introductory statistics course evolve into one that emphasizes activity-based learning of statistical concepts while reflecting modern statistical practice. This book is a product of what they have learned from many others who have been actively involved along with them in the MAA's STATS project and Focus Group on Statistics, the ASA's Quantitative Literacy projects, and the College Board's AP Statistics course. This text is written in the spirit of the recommendations from these projects.
New Title:
- The name of the book has been changed to highlight two emphases of the college-level course. An informed citizen understands where data come from and has a feel for data and how to assess it. Also, familiarity with statistics as a discipline and mindset leads to critical thinking and sound decision making.
Reorganization of the Contents:
- The author team revamped the table of contents.
- Chapter 3 (Relationships Between Two Quantitative Variables) was streamlined to focus on the descriptive statistics for correlation and regression covered in the college course.
- Chapter 6 was heavily rewritten and reorganized, highlighting the big ideas of probability distributions, especially the binomial setting and binomial distribution.
- Finally, Chapter 16 (Martin vs. Westvaco Revisited) takes another look at the opening case study from Chapter 1.
Examples:
- In addition to reorganizing topic coverage, the authors also added new examples throughout the book, selecting them from a wider array of scenarios, in line with the interests of students and the many majors that require the course.
Available versions of this report include:
Statistics: From Data to Decision 2nd Edition with SPSS SV 18.0 Set
Statistics: From Data to Decision 2nd Edition with Minitab Student Release 14 Statistical Software Set
Statistics: From Data to Decision 2E with Fathom Software Set
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