Introductory Statistics
Exploring the World through Data, Preliminary Edition. Volume 1
Published on 2. August 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-321-78464-3 (ISBN)
Description
Introductory Statistics: Exploring the World through Data is a new text that offers an accessible approach to data analysis. Authors Robert Gould and Colleen Ryan build statistical literacy and analytical thinking without overburdening readers with mathematical rigor. Their engaging, conversational writing style emphasizes the underlying concepts rather than focusing on formulas. This book's numerous exercises, with many based on real data, give students a solid understanding of how statistics is all around them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
966 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-78464-3 (9780321784643)
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Persons
Robert L. Gould (PhD, University of California-San Diego) is a leader in the statistics education community. He has served as a chair of the American Statistical Association's (ASA) Committee on Teacher Enhancement, chair of the ASA's Statistics Education Section, and was a co-author on the Guidelines for Assessment in Instruction on Statistics Education (GAISE) College Report. For more than ten years, he has served as Vice-Chair of Undergraduate Studies at the UCLA Department of Statistics, and is the Director of the UCLA Center for Teaching Statistics.
Colleen Ryan has taught statistics to diverse community college students for more than three decades, having served at Oxnard College from 1975 to 2006, where she earned the Teacher of the Year Award in her final year. She currently teaches at California Lutheran University.
Colleen Ryan has taught statistics to diverse community college students for more than three decades, having served at Oxnard College from 1975 to 2006, where she earned the Teacher of the Year Award in her final year. She currently teaches at California Lutheran University.