A First Course in Statistics (7th Edition)

McClave, James T., Sincich, Terry

ISBN 10: 0130141577 / ISBN 13: 9780130141576

Published by Prentice Hall, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A First Course in Statistics (7th Edition)
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130141577
• ISBN 13: 9780130141576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

For a one-semester, general education Introductory Statistics course.

Drawing students in with its reality-based approach and practicality, this popular text offers a balanced and enlightening examination of the theory and application of statistics. Helping to hone important critical thinking skills, it teaches students how to analyze data that appear in situations in the world around them and bases a majority of its examples and exercises on current, real-world applications pulled from journals, magazines, news articles, and commerce.

About the Author

Dr. Jim McClave is currently President and CEO of Info Tech, Inc., a statistical consulting and software development firm with an international clientele. He is also currently an Adjunct Professor of Statistics at the University of Florida, where he was a full-time member of the faculty for twenty years.

 

Terry Sincich obtained his PhD in Statistics from the University of Florida in 1980. He is an Associate Professor in the Information Systems & Decision Sciences Department at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Dr. Sincich is responsible for teaching basic statistics to all undergraduates, as well as advanced statistics to all doctoral candidates, in the College of Business Administration. He has published articles in such journals as the Journal of the American Statistical Association, International Journal of Forecasting, Academy of Management Journal, and the Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. Dr. Sincich is a co-author of the texts Statistics, Statistics for Business & Economics, Statistics for Engineering & the Sciences, and A Second Course in Statistics: Regression Analysis.