Statistics: The Exploration & Analysis of Data, Updated Media (w/CD and StatisticsNOW™, InfoTrac 2-Sem., Pers. Tutor, iLrn™ Hmwrk. Stu. Ver., Internet Companion 2-Sem., SBC Web Site PAC) - Hardcover

Devore, Jay L.; Peck, Roxy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 049510969X ISBN 13: 9780495109693

Publisher: Duxbury Press, 2005

Synopsis

Real data and real examples make statistics real for you! Discover the importance of statistics and how the practice affects your life and the world around you with STATISTICS: THE EXPLORATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA. Authors Devore and Peck have helped thousands of students master statistical concepts and learn to apply them. Using real data, the authors show you how statistical techniques are used with increasing frequency in a variety of fields, including business, medicine, social sciences, and applied sciences such as engineering. Their accessible writing style is enhanced by numerous examples, including hands-on activities and "Seeing Statistics" applets. Plus, you can chart your own path to success with StatisticsNOW, the personalized online learning companion, and Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING, which gives you access to live online tutoring!

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About the Author

Jay Devore is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at California Polytechnic State University. He earned his undergraduate degree in Engineering Science from the University of California at Berkeley, spent a year at the University of Sheffield in England, and finished his Ph.D. in statistics at Stanford University. Jay previously taught at the University of Florida and at Oberlin College and has had visiting appointments at Stanford, Harvard, the University of Washington, New York University, and Columbia University. From 1998 to 2006, he served as Chair of the Statistics Department. In addition to this book, Jay has written several widely used engineering statistics texts and a book in applied mathematical statistics. He recently coauthored a text in probability and stochastic processes. He is the recipient of a distinguished teaching award from Cal Poly, is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association , and has served several terms as an Associate Editor of the "Journal of the American Statistical Association." In his spare time, he enjoys reading, cooking and eating good food, tennis, and travel to faraway places. He is especially proud of his wife, Carol, a retired elementary school teacher, his daughter Allison, who has held several high-level positions in nonprofit organizations in Boston and New York City, and his daughter Teresa, an ESL teacher in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Duxbury Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 049510969X
• ISBN 13: 9780495109693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 784