The Basic Practice of Statistics

Moore, David S.

 
9780716774631: The Basic Practice of Statistics
ISBN 10: 0716774631 ISBN 13: 9780716774631
Publisher: W H Freeman & Co, 2006

Synopsis

[This book] is an introduction to statistics for students in two-year and four-year colleges and universities that emphasizes working with data and statistical ideas. It is designed to be accessible to students with limited quantitative background - just" algebra" in the sense of being able to read and use simple equations. The book is usable with almost any level of technology for calculating and graphing - from a simple "two-variables statistics" calculator through a graphing calculator or spreadsheet program through full statistical software. -To the instructor.

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About the Author

DAVID S. MOORE is Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Purdue University. He received his A.B. from Princeton (1962) and the Ph.D. from Cornell (1967), both in mathematics. He has written many research papers in statistical theory and served on the editorial boards of several major journals. Professor Moore is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He has served as program director for statistics and probability at the National Science Foundation. He was 1998 president of the American Statistical Association.

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Publisher
W H Freeman & Co
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0716774631
ISBN 13 
9780716774631
Binding
Product Bundle
Edition number
4
Number of pages
728