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The Joy of Statistics by
The vast majority of statistics books delineate techniques used to analyze collected data. The Joy of Statistics is not one of these books. It consists of a series of 42 "short stories", each illustrating how statistical methods applied to data produce insight and solutions to the questionsthe data were collected to answer. Real-life and sometimes artificial data are used to demonstrate the often painless method and magic of statistics. In addition, the text contains brief histories of the evolution of statistical methods and a number of brief biographies of the most famousstatisticians of the 20th century. Sprinkled throughout are statistical jokes, puzzles and traditional stories. The levels of statistical texts span a spectrum, from elementary to introductory to application to theoretical to advanced mathematical.This book explores a variety of statistical applications using graphs and plots, along with detailed and intuitive descriptions, and occasionally a bit of 10th grade mathematics. Examples of a few of the topics included among these "short stories" are pet ownership, gambling games such as roulette,blackjack and lotteries, as well as more serious subjects such as comparison of black/white infant mortality risk, infant birth weight and maternal age, estimation of coronary heart disease risk and racial differences in Hodgkin disease. The statistical descriptions of these topics are in many casesaccompanied by easy to understand explanations labelled "How it Works."
Call Number: QA276 .S45 2019
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics by
The Sixth Edition of Neil J. Salkind's best-selling Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics eases student anxiety around an often intimidating subject with a humorous, personable, and informative approach. Salkind guides students through various statistical procedures, beginning with descriptive statistics, correlation, and graphical representation of data, and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. New to this edition is an introduction to working with large data sets and videos of the author demonstrating the various statistical techniques, available via the accompanying free interactive eBook. Interactive eBook also available--FREE when bundled with the print version! See the Power and Value of the Interactive eBook Your students save when you bundle the print version with the interactive eBook version. Order using bundle ISBN 978-1-5063-6445-2. Learn more. CORRECTIONS: There is a small amount of known errors in the first printing of the 6th edition. All corrections can be found in the PDF available on the book's website here. Available with Perusall--an eBook that makes it easier to prepare for class Perusall is an award-winning eBook platform featuring social annotation tools that allow students and instructors to collaboratively mark up and discuss their SAGE textbook. Backed by research and supported by technological innovations developed at Harvard University, this process of learning through collaborative annotation keeps your students engaged and makes teaching easier and more effective. Learn more.
Call Number: HA29 .S2365 2017
Statistics by
Statistics For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293521) was previously published as Statistics For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9780470911082). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. The fun and easy way to get down to business with statistics Stymied by statistics? No fear? this friendly guide offers clear, practical explanations of statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations, with lots of examples that show you how these concepts apply to your everyday life. Statistics For Dummies shows you how to interpret and critique graphs and charts, determine the odds with probability, guesstimate with confidence using confidence intervals, set up and carry out a hypothesis test, compute statistical formulas, and more. Tracks to a typical first semester statistics course Updated examples resonate with today's students Explanations mirror teaching methods and classroom protocol Packed with practical advice and real-world problems, Statistics For Dummies gives you everything you need to analyze and interpret data for improved classroom or on-the-job performance.
Call Number: HA29.R84122
Complete Idiot's Guide to Statistics by
Like other science/math Complete Idiot's GuidesR, this book is aimed at high school and college students who need to take statistics to fulfill a degree requirement and follows a standard statistics curriculum. But because statistics is a mathematical topic taught to many nonmathematical people in a manner that often overwhelms them, the presentation of the material focuses on the concepts rather than the computations. Students learn the required math involved, but the focus is on interpreting final results as opposed to the details of the technique.
Call Number: QA276.D655
Elementary Statistics by
From SAT scores to job search methods, statistics influences and shapes the world around us. Marty Triola's text continues to be the bestseller because it helps students understand the relationship between statistics and the world, bringing life to the theory and methods. Elementary Statistics raises the bar with every edition by incorporating an unprecedented amount of real and interesting data that will help instructors connect with students today, and help them connect statistics to their daily lives. The Twelfth Edition contains more than 1,800 exercises, 89% of which use real data and 85% of which are new. Hundreds of examples are included, 91% of which use real data and 84% of which are new. New coverage of Ethics in Statistics highlights new guidelines that have been established in industry.
Call Number: QA276.12.T76
Databases
- Science Database
Articles on both the applied and general sciences like aerospace, computers, transportation, and biology.
Introduction to Statistics by Jeffrey Jacobson
Podcasts
- The Effective Statistician
in association with PSI - More or Less: Behind the Statistics
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4
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Statistics by
We utilize statistics in our daily lives when we evaluate TV program ratings, predict voting outcomes, prepare stock, predict the amounts of sales, and evaluate the effectiveness of medical treatment. We predict the result not on the basis of personal experience, but on the basis of data. However, the accuracy of the prediction depends on the data, the theory, and the depth of understanding the model. In this book, the author analyzes fundamental models to advanced models without skipping their derivation processes. It is then possible to clearly understand the assumption and approximations used in the model, and hence understand the limitation of the model. We also cover almost all of the subjects in statistics since they are all related to each other. Although this book treats advanced models, people who are not professional in science can easily understand the content since by stepping up the derivation from the fundamental level to the advanced level. The author does hope that readers can understand the meaning of the models in statistics and techniques to reach the final results.
Publication Date: 2019
Understanding Statistics by
The modern world is brimming with statistical information--information relevant to our personal health and safety, the weather, or the robustness of the national or global economy, to name just a few examples. But don't statistics lie? Well, no--people lie, and sometimes they use statistical language to do it. Knowing when you're being hoodwinked requires a degree of statistical literacy, but most people don't learn how to interpret statistical claims unless they take a formal course that trains them in the mathematical techniques of statistical analysis. This book won't turn you into a statistician--that would require a much longer and more technical discussion--but it will give you the tools to understand statistical claims and avoid common pitfalls associated with translating statistical information from the language of mathematics to plain English.
Publication Date: 2017
Basic Statistics by
Practical Statistics for Educators Fourth Edition by Ruth Ravid-Paper, R&L 2010, $39.95, 232 pg., 1255 net sales ($31,822.34 net revenue)-ebook, R&L 2010, $36.99, 232 pg., 13 net sales ($170.63)
Publication Date: 2012
