Intro stats / Richard D. De Veaux, Paul F. Velleman, David E. Bock.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Boston ; London : Pearson/Addison-Wesley, c2009.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxvi, 767, A-62 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROMISBN:
  • 9780321553560 (International ed. : pbk.)
  • 032155356X (International ed. : pbk.)
  • 9780321500458
  • 0321500458
  • 0321499468 (CD-ROM)
  • 9780321499462 (CD-ROM)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA 276.12 .D4 2009
Online resources:
Incomplete contents:
I. Exploring and understanding data --- II. Exploring relationships between variables --- III. Gathering data --- IV. Randomness and probability --- V. From the data at hand to the world at large --- VI. Learning about the world --- VII. Inference when variables are related --- Appendices.
Summary: Intro Stats, Third Edition, continues and extends the successful innovations pioneered in the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock books, teaching statistics and statistical thinking for today's readers. This book uses a fun, conversational writing style, real data, and short, accessible chapters. The consistent Think/Show/Tell model for worked examples reinforces thinking about how to approach a statistics problem, showing how to solve it, and reporting the conclusion in the context of the problem.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection QA 276.12 .D4 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Text. 98641645
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection QA 276.12 .D4 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying CD. 98641646

Previous ed.: Boston: Pearson/Addison Wesley, 2006.

Includes index.

Includes appendices.

I. Exploring and understanding data --- II. Exploring relationships between variables --- III. Gathering data --- IV. Randomness and probability --- V. From the data at hand to the world at large --- VI. Learning about the world --- VII. Inference when variables are related --- Appendices.

Intro Stats, Third Edition, continues and extends the successful innovations pioneered in the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock books, teaching statistics and statistical thinking for today's readers. This book uses a fun, conversational writing style, real data, and short, accessible chapters. The consistent Think/Show/Tell model for worked examples reinforces thinking about how to approach a statistics problem, showing how to solve it, and reporting the conclusion in the context of the problem.

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