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Features

The Vision:

•  All uses of statistics start with careful thought about what we want to know and end with a clear account of what we have learned. Intro Stats shows students how to do statistics. But unlike other texts, this book views statistics through the frame of thinking about the context of the problem and telling what has been found.
• The refrain “Think, Show, and Tell” is repeated throughout the book, giving a consistent context for each method or concept.

 The Spirit:

• Students will find Intro Stats refreshing and approachable, and, as a result, memorable.

 What Makes This Text Work:

• The authors bring a sophisticated understanding of statistical thinking and years of experience developing effective teaching methods, but present it in a way students can understand.
• Students follow a carefully developed path that introduces new concepts only as they are needed and can be used. As a result, students can fit each new concept into their growing understanding because every concept has a well-prepared place among the material already learned.
• Where other texts teach how to calculate a particular statistic or test and highlight definitions and formulas, Intro Stats teaches why, and when, what to check, the process of statistical analysis, and how to report the results. Students come away knowing how to think statistically.
• Intro Stats covers the material typically covered in an introductory statistics course, with chapters on multiple regression and ANOVA included on a CD for those who can go a bit further.

• The book uses a minimum of math and carefully planned development paths.
• By leading with practical data analysis and graphics, the book gets students “doing statistics” quickly and “thinking statistically” from the start. Students understand what we find in data, why we find that interesting, and how we report it to others as a sound foundation for the challenges of inference.
• Each chapter includes a What Can Go Wrong? section that illustrates the most common misuses and misconceptions of statistical thinking.
• By Hand boxes help the student through the calculation of a worked example. Intro Stats encourages the use of technology to calculate statistical quantities, but it also recognizes the pedagogical benefits of occasionally doing a calculation by hand.  
• Each chapter ends with a summary review, including What We Have Learned,key Concepts, and essential Skills to help students review and check their own understanding, as well as a Connections section that ties the current material into that of other chapters.
• The text shows how to do statistics with technology in Computer sections and includes exercises with computer output for students to interpret.
• CD-ROM, packaged free with a new text to qualified adopters. The CD-ROM is bound in new copies of the book. It contains a full version of ActivStats, which is a complete multimedia presentation that follows the Intro Stats table of contents, and Data Desk, a full-function statistics package. Also on the CD are Chapters 28 (Analysis of Variance) and 29 (Multiple Regression); DDXL, an Excel add-in; and data sets formatted for Minitab, Excel, JMP, SPSS and the TI graphing calculator, as well as text files.

New To This Edition

• Each chapter includes one or two Just Checking sections, which allow students to check their understanding of the concepts as they read each chapter. These questions are designed to be a quick check and most involve very little calculation. The answers are the end of each chapter so students can easily check themselves.
• Exercise sets have been expanded and graded by difficulty.
• What Have We Learned?  sections at the end of each chapter highlight new concepts, define the new terms introduced in the chapter and list the skills that the student should have acquired. If the students understand the concepts, know the terms and have the skills, they're probably ready for the exam.  
• The streamlined and clarified text retains the full flavor and readability of the first edition.
• ActivStats Pointers highlight activities in ActivStats that parallel the discussions in the book.
• The Instructor's Edition contains answers to all exercises as well as a chapter-by-chapter Intructor's Resource Guide, which includes extra examples, teaching suggestions, and an overview of the chapter.

Table of Contents

(* Indicates an optional chapter. Review Material appears at the end of each part.)

I. EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING DATA.

II. EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIABLES.

III. GATHERING DATA.

IV. RANDOMNESS AND PROBABILITY.

V. FROM THE DATA AT HAND TO THE WORLD AT LARGE.

VI. LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD.

VII. INFERENCE WHEN VARIABLES ARE RELATED.

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Introductory Statistics - Algebra-Based  (Statistics)

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• Intro Stats Technology Update, 3/E
  De Veaux, Velleman & Bock
  ©2012  |  Pearson  |  Cloth Bound w/CD-ROM; 864 pp  |  Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321699122  |  ISBN-13: 9780321699121
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  Intro Stats, Third Edition extends the teaching innovations pioneered in the DeVeaux/Velleman/Bock books. Its focus on statistical thinking and modern practice are evident throughout. Each chapter opens with an example—and the data from that example are then displayed and analyzed to introduce new concepts. Graphics and summaries introduced in early chapters are used throughout the book, helping students become consistent statistical thinkers.

   

  Intro Stats, Third Edition has a fun, conversational writing style, real up-to-date data, hundreds of examples based on current events, and short, accessible chapters. The innovative Think/Show/Tell examples, pioneered in the first edition, now present new data and discussions. The new For Example sections illustrate each new concept or method with a brief, worked example.

   

  This Technology Update Edition has been created to reflect the many changes in statistical technology. It includes updated “On the Computer” instruction at the end of every chapter, now including StatCrunch and R. The expanded supplements package includes an updated MyStatLab course with new statistical tools and additional exercises. Additionally, Videos on DVD are now bound into new copies of the textbook. These videos offer an introductory lecture delivered by an author along with instructor-delivered worked examples for each chapter of the text.

   

  This text covers all material typical in a one-semester statistics course, with supplemental chapters on analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple regression included on the book’s DVD-ROM. The text maintains its commitment to the recommendations of the ASA-endorsed GAISE (Guidelines for Assessment for Instruction in Statistical Education) Report.

   

  Datasets and other resources (where applicable) for this book are available here.

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