Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods; AP Edition - Hardcover

Brase, Charles Henry; Brase, Corrinne Pellillo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1337271047 ISBN 13: 9781337271042

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2017

Synopsis

UNDERSTANDABLE STATISTICS: CONCEPTS AND METHODS, Twelfth Edition, is a thorough yet accessible program designed to help students overcome their apprehensions about statistics. The authors provide clear guidance and informal advice while showing students the links between statistics and the world. To reinforce this approach, the book integrates real-life data from a variety of sources, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, and the Internet. The twelfth edition continues to address the importance of developing students' 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 although not required. Extensive technology resources include MindTap, an online personalized learning environment that combines student learning tools like readings, multimedia, activities, and assessments into a single Learning Path.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1337271047
• ISBN 13: 9781337271042
• Binding: Hardcover