Statistics: A First Course

ISBN: 0130466530

Author: Perles, Benjamin

Condition: New

For Introductory Statistics-Algebra-based courses.This text offers a straightforward, ?nuts and bolts?, introduction to statistics. The explanations are clear and simple and minimize calculations where possible. A diverse range of applications and examples are presented to make the materials appealing to a wide range of students. The Eighth Edition features new problems, more real data based examples and exercises, and fuller integration of technology.

• NEW - Conceptual Exercises-Require students to think about math, and ?why? problems are solved in a specific manner. Conceptual Exercises are denoted with an icon based on Rodin's ?The Thinker.? Allows students to gain a deeper understanding of key concepts. | Allows students to gain a deeper understanding of key concepts. | NEW - Computer Printouts-Computer printouts and graphing calculator reproductions appear throughout the book. These have been updated and generated with the use of Minitab. ?Computer? and ?Calculator? icons denote these exercises. | The problem sets have been extensively revised-More than 30% of the problems are new and or revised, many additional, real data-based problems have been added, and internal referencing within the problem sets has been minimized. | Review Sections-Presented at three chapter intervals throughout the book. Reinforces connections outside the context of a particular section or chapter. Identified with a pale blue screen, they include a list of Achievements that students should have mastered after studying the group of chapters, a checklist of key terms annotated with specific page references, and a cumulative section of Review Exercises that tests concepts from the previous three chapters. | Reinforces connections outside the context of a particular section or chapter. Identified with a pale blue screen, they include a list of Achievements that students should have mastered after studying the group of chapters, a checklist of key terms annotated with specific page references, and a cumulative section of Review Exercises that tests concepts from the previous three chapters. | Representative problems within each exercise set are denoted as being Practice Exercises-Fully worked out solutions to these problems are presented at the end of each chapter in the Solutions to Practice Exercises section. | A new Appendix, TI-83 Tips. Provides additional help in using the graphing calculator. | Provides additional help in using the graphing calculator. | Minitab output screens are set off in ?Using Technology: Minitab? boxes and are referenced in the examples. | Conceptual Exercises-Require students to think about math, and ?why? problems are solved in a specific manner. Conceptual Exercises are denoted with an icon based on Rodin's ?The Thinker.? Allows students to gain a deeper understanding of key concepts. | Allows students to gain a deeper understanding of key concepts. | Computer Printouts-Computer printouts and graphing calculator reproductions appear throughout the book. These have been updated and generated with the use of Minitab. ?Computer? and ?Calculator? icons denote these exercises.