Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods - Hardcover

Brase, Corrinne Pellillo; Brase, Charles Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 128546091X ISBN 13: 9781285460918

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2014

Synopsis

UNDERSTANDABLE STATISTICS: CONCEPTS AND METHODS, Eleventh Edition, is a thorough yet accessible program designed to help readers overcome their apprehensions about statistics. The authors provide clear guidance and informal advice while showing the links between statistics and the world. To reinforce this approach--and make the material interesting as well as easier to understand--the book integrates real-life data from a variety of sources, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, and the Internet. Readers also have opportunities to develop their critical-thinking and statistical literacy skills through special features and exercises throughout the text. The use of graphing calculators, Excel®, MINITAB®, and SPSS® is covered for those who wish to learn about these helpful tools.

About this title

Review:

1. Getting Started. 2. Organizing Data. 3. Averages and Variation. 4. Elementary Probability Theory. 5. The Binomial Probability Distribution and Related Topics. 6. Normal Curves and Sampling Distributions. 7. Estimation. 8. Hypothesis Testing. 9. Correlation and Regression. 10. Chi-Square and F Distributions. 11. Nonparametric Statistics.

About the Author:

Charles Brase has more than 30 years of full-time teaching experience in Mathematics and Statistics. He taught at the University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus, for several years and at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, for more than 28 years. Charles received the Excellence in Teaching award from the University of Hawaii and the Faculty Member of the Year award from Regis University on two occasions. He earned degrees from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and has a Ph.D. in Mathematics, an M.A. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Physics.

Corrinne Pellillo Brase has taught at Hawaii Pacific College, Honolulu Community College, and Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, Colorado. She was also involved in the mathematics component of an equal opportunity program at the University of Colorado. Corrinne received the Faculty of the Year award from Arapahoe Community College. She earned degrees from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and has an M.A. and B.A. in Mathematics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 128546091X
• ISBN 13: 9781285460918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 864