Synopses & Reviews
KEY MESSAGE: Intro Stats, Third Edition, continues and extends the successful innovations pioneered in the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock books, teaching statistics and statistical thinking for today's readers. This book uses a fun, conversational writing style, real data, and short, accessible chapters. The consistent Think/Show/Tell model for worked examples reinforces thinking about how to approach a statistics problem, showing how to solve it, and reporting the conclusion in the context of the problem.
KEY TOPICS: Exploring and Understanding Data; Exploring Relationships between Variables; Gathering Data; Randomness and Probability; From the Data at Hand to the World At Large; Learning about the World; Inference When Variables are Related
MARKET: For all readers interested in Statistics.
Synopsis
KEY MESSAGE: Intro Stats, Third Edition, continues and extends the successful innovations pioneered in the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock books, teaching statistics and statistical thinking for today's readers. This book uses a fun, conversational writing style, real data, and short, accessible chapters. The consistent Think/Show/Tell model for worked examples reinforces thinking about how to approach a statistics problem, showing how to solve it, and reporting the conclusion in the context of the problem.
KEY TOPICS: Exploring and Understanding Data; Exploring Relationships between Variables; Gathering Data; Randomness and Probability; From the Data at Hand to the World At Large; Learning about the World; Inference When Variables are Related
MARKET: For all readers interested in Statistics.
Synopsis
0321799267 / 9780321799265 I Intro Stats Technology Update & MyStatLab -- Valuepack Access Card& Video Lectures on DVD & TI-83/84 Plus and TI-89 Manual & Student Solutions Manual & Statistics Study Card for the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock Series
Package consists of:
0321463706 / 9780321463708 Statistics Study Card for the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock Series
0321499417 / 9780321499417 Student Solutions Manual for Intro Stats
0321499433 / 9780321499431 TI-83/84 Plus and TI-89 Manual for Intro Stats
0321501608 / 9780321501608 Video Lectures on DVD for Intro Stats
0321694635 / 9780321694638 MyStatLab -- Valuepack Access Card
0321699122 / 9780321699121 Intro Stats Technology Update
Synopsis
0321799267 / 9780321799265 I Intro Stats Technology Update & MyStatLab -- Valuepack Access Card& Video Lectures on DVD & TI-83/84 Plus and TI-89 Manual & Student Solutions Manual & Statistics Study Card for the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock Series
Package consists of:
0321463706 / 9780321463708 Statistics Study Card for the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock Series
0321499417 / 9780321499417 Student Solutions Manual for Intro Stats
0321499433 / 9780321499431 TI-83/84 Plus and TI-89 Manual for Intro Stats
0321501608 / 9780321501608 Video Lectures on DVD for Intro Stats
0321694635 / 9780321694638 MyStatLab -- Valuepack Access Card
0321699122 / 9780321699121 Intro Stats Technology Update
Synopsis
0321799097 / 9780321799098 Intro Stats Technology Update with Study Card and Student Solutions Manual
Package consists of
0321463706 / 9780321463708 Statistics Study Card for the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock Series
0321499417 / 9780321499417 Student Solutions Manual for Intro Stats
0321699122 / 9780321699121 Intro Stats Technology Update
About the Author
Dick DeVeaux (Williams College) is an award-winning teacher and consultant to major corporations. His real-world experiences and anecdotes illustrate many of the chapters. Dick has taught business students at Wharton, engineering students at Princeton, and liberal arts students at Williams. Dick was recently named the 2008 Mosteller Statistician of the Year, awarded by the Boston chapter of the American Statistical Association for exceptional contributions to the field of statistics and outstanding service to the statistical community. To learn more, please go to: http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases/1624/.
Paul Velleman (Cornell University) is the only statistician to win the EDUCAUSE award for innovating technology for learning. The developer of ActivStats® multimedia software, Data Desk® statistics software, and the DASL online archive of teaching datasets, his understanding of using and teaching with technology informs much of the book’s approach.
David Bock (Cornell University) won awards as a high school teacher of AP calculus and statistics and was a grader for the AP Statistics program from its inception. He is now the chief extension officer for the Cornell University mathematics department in charge of outreach to K-12 teachers. Dave’s wisdom about how students learn helps to shape the book’s pedagogy.