Elementary Statistics: Looking at the Big Picture (Available 2011 Titles Enhanced Web Assign) - Hardcover

Pfenning, Nancy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0495016527 ISBN 13: 9780495016526

Verlag: Duxbury Press, 2010

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"Yes, I definitely laud the author's approach to integrating all of the major components of statistics using the "four processes" approach." "The approach used here is very superior to many other comparable level statistics books in the market." "It gives the students a baseline for understanding the concepts." "Based on these two chapters, I'd say likely. It looks like this text would be a better fit to our departmental philosophy than our current text. I've already asked several colleagues to take a look at the chapters I've reviewed. So far, comments are positive." "I like the approach. It stresses a unified approach. It gives students an organized structure which they can use throughout the course. This should help students understand the material. It makes understanding and choosing the correct statistical method the key part of the statistics course. This avoids the common problem of a statistics course simply becoming a set of tolls to be tested."

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Using a successfully class-tested approach that gives coherence to a broad range of introductory topics, this innovative text provides students with a big picture view of statistics as well as problem-solving strategies that can be applied to the majority of questions that introductory-statistics students will encounter. Author Nancy Pfenning organizes content around four basic processes of statistics: producing data, displaying and summarizing data, understanding probability, and using probability to perform statistical inference. Within this framework, the book progresses systematically through five basic situations involving values of variables (quantitative, categorical, or a blend). As a result, students learn to identify which situation applies to a specific statistical problem and how to choose the correct display, summary, or inference tool. As students gain proficiency in specific statistical techniques, the author also points out connections among topics and techniques to help them gain a perspective on statistics as a whole. More than 1,000 real-life examples and categorized exercises support the approach, engaging students in practicing and developing a variety of skills.

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• Verlag: Duxbury Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0495016527
• ISBN 13: 9780495016526
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 784