Stats: Modeling the World (3rd Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0321570448 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 792 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Instructors praise this text as clear and accessible, while students report that they actually enjoy reading the book while learning how to do statistics. Additional examples with updated data make this new edition even easier to read and use. EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING DATA; Stats Start Here; Data; Displaying and Describing Categorical Data; Displaying and Comparing Qualitative Data; Understanding and Comparing Distributions; The Standard Deviation as a Ruler and the Normal Model; EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIABLES; Scatterplots, Association, and Correlation; Linear Regression; Regression Wisdom; Re-expressing Data: Get it Straight!; GATHERING DATA; Understanding Randomness; Sample Surveys; Exp
B. McCann said Look no further. I have taught AP Stats for several years suffering through with a book I really hated. I felt that perhaps it was the subject though I continued to think Stats was really an awesome course. Now that I have my hands on this book, I have read every word on every page (the humor is most appreciated), truly re. Awesome. As a student, I hardly ever notice my textbooks unless they are really bad. This year, I noticed my Stats textbook because it is really good. All the concepts are presented understandably, and the explanations feel like they were actually written by real people to make the ideas clearer (not always the cas. "Statistics with a sense of humor!?" according to Kattie. This book is written in a non-intimating way to learning statistics. Everything is tangible and it is written at a level which makes statistics easy and fun to learn. The book is written with a great sense of humor and is not a terribly dense read. It takes the pressure off the educator to really break dow
With the authors’ signature Think, Show, Tell problem-solving method, students learn what we can find in data, why we find it interesting and how to report it to others. KEY BENEFIT: By leading with practical data analysis and graphics, Stats: Modeling the World, Third Edition, engages students and gets them to do statistics and think statistically from the start. Instructors praise this text as clear and accessible, while students report that they actually enjoy reading the book while learning how to do statistics. Additional examples with updated data make this new edition even easier to read and use. EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING DATA; Stats Start Here; Data; Displaying and Describing Categorical Data; Displaying and Comparing Qualitative Data; Understanding and Comparing Distributions; The Standard Deviation as a Ruler and the Normal Model; EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIABLES; Scatterplots, Association, and Correlation; Linear Regression; Regression Wisdom; Re-expressing Data: Get it Straight!; GATHERING DATA; Understa
His real-world experiences and anecdotes illustrate many of this book’s chapters. Dick has taught business students at Wharton, engineering students at Princeton, and liberal arts students at Williams. Dave’s wisdom about how students learn helps shape the book’s pedagogy. Paul Velleman (Cornell University) is the only statistician to win the EDUCAUSE award for innovating technology for lea