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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. 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. 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; Experiments and Observational Studies; RANDOMNESS AND PROBABILITY; From Randomness to Probability; Probability Rules!; Random Variables; Probability Models; FROM THE DATA AT HAND TO THE WORLD AT LARGE; Sampling Distribution Models; Confidence Intervals for Proportions; Testing Hypotheses About Proportions; More About Tests and Intervals; Comparing Two Proportions; LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD; Inferences about Means; Comparing Means; Paired Samples and Blocks; INFERENCE WHEN VARIABLES ARE RELATED; Comparing Counts; Inferences for Regression; Analysis of Variance (on DVD); Multiple Regression (on DVD)
For all readers interested in introductory statistics.
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(5 customer reviews) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Look no further,
February 21, 2010 B. McCann - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stats: Modeling the World (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)
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 reviewing the book to determine if I wanted to adopt it for my school. Not only am I planning on using it for my AP Stats class, I am going to use it in my regular class as well. It just makes such sense--and when it doesn't (because Stats is notoriously vague on some concepts--like why we divide by n-1 for s) the authors admit that though many have offered explanations, the reason is more likely just to drive you crazy. I've honestly never actually read a text and enjoyed it so thoroughly--now my husband REALLY thinks I'm a math nerd. I love, love, love this book. If it had a facebook page, I'd be a fan.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Awesome.,
February 15, 2011 Guxit - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stats: Modeling the World (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)
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 case with math books). Honestly, I learn more from this book than I do from my teacher... it feels like the book is much easier to understand. Anyway, if you are considering it as a textbook for your stats class, know that your students will love you for it.
PS. It even has jokes! Wow!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Statistics with a sense of humor!?,
February 6, 2012 Kattiebird - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stats: Modeling the World (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)
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 down the material to the students.
Though the book seems to written for a high school level audience, I loved it for my upper level college course.
One the best text books I have ever used, seriously.
