Elementary Statistics A Step by Step Approach - Hardcover

Bluman, Allan..

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070005508 ISBN 13: 9780070005501

Publisher: Mc Graw,2011. 8th Edition, 2011

Synopsis

Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach, Second Canadian Edition, has been updated to help students in the beginning statistics course whose mathematical background is limited to basic algebra. The book follows a non-theoretical approach without formal proofs, explaining concepts intuitively and supporting them with abundant examples. The applications span a broad range of topics certain to appeal to the interests of students of diverse backgrounds and include problems in business, sports, health, architecture, education, entertainment, political science, psychology, history, criminal justice, the environment, transportation, physical sciences, demographics, eating habits, and travel and leisure.

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About the Author

Allan G. Bluman is a professor emeritus at the Community College of Allegheny County, South Campus, near Pittsburgh. He has taught mathematics and statistics for over 35 years. He received an Apple for the Teacher award in recognition of his bringing excellence to the learning environment at South Campus. He has also taught statistics for Penn State University at the Greater Allegheny (McKeesport) Campus and at the Monroeville Center. He received his master's and doctor's degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.

In addition to Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach (Eighth Edition ©2012) and Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version (Fifth Edition ©2010), Al is a co-author on a liberal arts mathematics text published by McGraw-Hill, Math in Our World (2nd Edition ©2011). Al also the author of for mathematics books in the McGraw-Hill DeMystified Series. They are Pre-Algebra, Math Word Problems, Business Math, and Probability.

Al Bluman is married and has two sons and a granddaughter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mc Graw,2011. 8th Edition
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070005508
• ISBN 13: 9780070005501
• Binding: Hardcover