Understanding Basic Statistics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618632271 ISBN 13: 9780618632275

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

A condensed, streamlined version of the popular, widely used Understandable Statistics, 8/e, this text offers instructors an effective solution to teaching the essentials of statistics within a shorter time frame.

Designed to help students overcome their apprehension about statistics, Understanding Basic Statistics, 4/e is a thorough, accessible text that demonstrates the applicability of statistics in the real world. Student-friendly highlights of the Fourth Edition include solutions and key steps to odd-numbered problems, highlighted definitions, Expand Your Knowledge and Cumulative Review Problems, and a complete technology package with additional learning opportunities and skills-reinforcement exercises.

• Coverage of regression appears early in this edition.
• Procedures provide a brief summary of the statistical methods introduced in each chapter section. Examples and Guided Exercises demonstrate each Procedure.
• Cumulative Review Problems appear at the end of Chapters 3, 6, 9, and 11 and integrate concepts introduced in the previous three chapters.
• Guided Exercises immediately follow selected examples and provide an opportunity for students to explore new concepts. Worked-out solutions next to each exercise give students immediate reinforcement.
• Focus Points! at the beginning of each section introduce the topics to be covered.
• Data Highlights: Group Projects at the end of each chapter simulate real-world working situations. Together students discuss topics, analyze data, and formulate a group response to questions posed in the exercise.
• Linking Concepts: Writing Projects challenge students to craft an essay response to questions that apply statistical concepts to real life situations.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0618632271
• ISBN 13: 9780618632275
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 624
• Herausgeber: Brase Charles Henry, Brase Corrinne Pellillo
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar