Investigating Statistical Concepts, Applications, And Methods - Softcover

Chance, Beth L.; Rossman, Allan J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495050644 ISBN 13: 9780495050643

Publisher: Duxbury Pr, 2005

Synopsis

INVESTIGATING STATISTICAL CONCEPTS, APPLICATIONS, AND METHODS contains a balanced mixture of investigations and exposition. The investigations lead students to explore and discover statistical ideas and techniques, while the exposition explains and reinforces what the investigations are designed to reveal. Many of the investigations ask students to use technology such as statistical software and Java applets. A combination of practice, homework, and application problems emphasize actual studies. The book is intended for a course that provides mathematically inclined students with a data-oriented and conceptually based introduction to the fundamental ideas and techniques of statistics.

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About the Author

Beth Chance has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo since 1999. She earned a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University; she previously taught at the University of the Pacific. She serves on the AP Statistics Test Development Committee, on the ASA/MAA Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics, and as Secretary/Treasurer of the ASA's Section on Statistical Education. She is co-author of the WORKSHOP STATISTICS series of texts and was co-editor of STATS magazine. Dr. Chance's research in statistics education has focused on effective use of technology and on authentic assessments of students' development of statistical thinking. She is co-PI on the NSF-funded ARTIST (Assessment Resource Tools for Improving Statistical Thinking) project. Dr. Chance has given presentations and conducted workshops on statistics education around the world, and she has been honored as the inaugural recipient of the ASA's Waller Education Award in 2002 and with the Mu Sigma Rho Statistical Education Award in 2003.

Edition details

• Publisher: Duxbury Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0495050644
• ISBN 13: 9780495050643
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 607