Personalized learning with MyStatLab (tm): the MyStatLab online course provides users with countless opportunities to practice, plus statistics-specific resources and tools that enhance their experience and comprehension. MyStatLab can be successfully implemented in any environment--lab-based, hybrid, fully online, traditional--and demonstrates the quantifiable difference that integrated usage has on student retention, subsequent success, and overall achievement. MyStatLab''s comprehensive online gradebook automatically tracks students'' results on tests, quizzes, homework, and in the study plan. Instructors can use the gradebook to provide positive feedback or intervene if students have trouble. Gradebook data can be easily exported to a variety of spreadsheet programs, such as Microsoft Excel. MyStatLab provides engaging experiences that personalize, stimulate, and measure learning for each student, among them: Tutorial Exercises with Multimedia Learning Aids Adaptive Study Plan Additional Statistics Question Libraries: 450 Getting Ready for Statistics questions and the 1000 Conceptual Question Library StatCrunch TM , web - based statistical software that helps students easily analyze data sets from exercises and the text Integration of Statistical Software StatTalk Videos Expert Tutoring Fun to read! The authors have worked to create a statistics text that students will enjoy reading and learning from; every page was written and rewritten to ensure a useful, fun text. NEW! A streamlined book design now clarifies the purpose of each text element, making it easier for students to follow the major theme of each chapter without distraction. The format discourages skimming, and encourages students to read and enjoy the experience.
NEW! A colloquial, informing, enticing writing style: this text just doesn''t read like other statistics texts. NEW! Focused lessons in chapters that are shorter than in most other texts and easier for both instructors and students to focus on . NEW! A consistency in showing how to do statistics well is demonstrated through modeling the importance of plotting data; checking assumptions and conditions; and writing conclusions that are clear, concise, and in context. Real data sets using modern technology: Real data in the examples and exercises, and the use of modern technology to explore these data, helps students focus on statistical thinking, rather than being bogged down with calculations. Technology : It is assumed that students are using some form of technology in the course. Rather than adopting particular software, the authors discuss generic computer output. TI-Tips in most chapters show students how to use statistics features of the TI-84-Plus calculator The DVD includes ActivStats and the software package Data Desk. Appendix B offers general guidance to help students get started on common software platforms including StatCrunch, Excel, MINITAB, Data Desk, JMP, SPSS, and TI-Nspire.
The companion website includes additional guidance for students using Ti-89. Data : In addition to including some small data sets, we have built examples and exercises on real data with a moderate number of cases--usually more than you would want to enter by hand into a program or calculator. Features for learning statistics and statistical thinking as it is practiced today: Building on the features that made the first three editions so popular, the new Fourth Edition is designed to make it even easier for students to put the concepts of statistics together in a coherent whole. NEW! What If features close most chapters by looking at a simulation that explores or extends an important concept. NEW! Updated examples, exercises, and data . Included are hundreds of new exercises and continuing exercises updated with the most recent data, which is also included on the DVD and the book''s web site when possible. NEW! New stories, research, articles, and other real-world sources are included in the Step-by-Step examples, For Examples, and exercises to engage students and let them explore further. Think, Show, Tell .
The Step-by-Step examples repeat the mantra of Think, Show , and Tell in every chapter. They emphasize the importance of thinking about a Statistics question--What do we know? What do we hope to learn? Are the assumptions and conditions satis ed?--and reporting our ndings--the Tell step. The Show step contains the mechanics of calculating results and conveys our belief that it is only one part of the process. What Can Go Wrong? sections illustrate the most common abuses and misconceptions about statistical thinking, help students detect statistical errors, and offer practice in debunking the misuses of statistics. Just Checking exercises let students pause and confirm their understanding of the concepts before moving on. ActivStats Pointers highlight concept videos, teaching applets, and animations in ActivStats that enhance the discussions in the book. TI-Nspire ® demonstrations and investigations enhance each chapter with this echnology. Math Boxes give students easy-to-follow discussions of the underlying mathematics behind statistics.
While students are not overwhelmed in proofs and derivations, they do see that the formulas and procedures stand on solid ground. NEW! Updated easy-to-read TI Tips now show students how to use the TI-84 Plus statistics functions with the StatWizard operating system. By Hand boxes show students how to do a calculation by hand. Reality Checks ask students to check that their results make sense in the context of the problem before going on. Notation Alerts emphasize the importance of clear communication while demonstrating that proper notation is part of the vocabulary of Statistics. Exercises are paired so that each odd-numbered exercise (with an answer in the back of the book) is followed by an even-numbered exercise illustrating the same concept. End-of-chapter features test students'' understanding of the material and help them prepare for exams. Included are: NEW! What Have We Learned? These chapter-ending study guides are revised to better help students review the key concepts, terms, and skills.
on the Computer sectionssummarize what students can find in the most common packages, often with an annotated example. Instructions for several of the most common statistical software packages, among them: Data Desk®, Excel®, SPSS®, JMP® MINITAB®, and the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator, are in Appendix B. NEW! Practice Exams at the end of the book''s seven parts include multiple-choice and free-response questions. These cumulative exams encourage students to keep important concepts and skills in mind throughout the course, while helping them synthesize their understanding as they build connections among the various topics. The accompanying DVD includes a wealth of supporting materials, including: ActivStats, the award-winning multimedia program that complements the book with videos of real-world stories; worked examples; animated expositions of each of the major statistics topics; and tools for performing simulations, visualizing inference, and learning to use statistics software. Data Desk, a powerful, easy-to-use, full-featured statistics software package. Additional tech guidance for the TI-89 calculators. Additional chapters covering Analysis of Variance (Chapter 27) and Multiple Regression (Chapter 28), both pointing the way to further study in statistics.