Introduction to the Practice of Statistics: w/Student CD - Hardcover

David S. Moore; George P. McCabe; Bruce A. Craig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1429216220 ISBN 13: 9781429216227

Publisher: W. H. Freeman, 2007

Synopsis

The new Sixth Edition brings the acclaimed IPS approach to a new generation, with a number of enhancements in the text and with breakthrough media tools for instructors and students. It demonstrates how statistical techniques are used to solve real-world problems, combining real data and applications with innovative pedagogy, both in the text and via electronic media.

New Format Options
Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, Sixth Edition is available as:
· A core book containing the first 13 chapters in hardcover (1-4292-1622-0) or paperback (1-4292-1621-2).  Companion chapters 14-17 are available on the book’s CD and web site.  
· Extended Version (hardcover; includes chapters 1-15): 1-4292-1623-9

About this title

About the Author:

DAVID S. MOORE is Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Purdue University, USA, and was 1998 president of the American Statistical Association. He is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He has served as program director for statistics and probability at the National Science Foundation. He has also served as president of the International Association for Statistical Education and has received the Mathematical Association of America's national award for distinguished college or university teaching of mathematics. GEORGE P. McCABE is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Statistics at Purdue University, USA. His entire professional career has been spent at Purdue, with sabbaticals at Princeton, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Melbourne, Australia, the University of Berne, Switzerland, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, USA, and the National University of Ireland in Galway. He is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and was 1998 chair of its section on Statistical Consulting. He has served on the editorial boards of several statistics journals. He has consulted with many major corporations and has testified as an expert witness on the use of statistics in several legal cases. BRUCE CRAIG joins the author team for this new edition. He is the director of the statistical consulting center at Purdue University, USA (following George McCabe). This along with his strong academic research credentials and his many years of teaching statistics at all levels provide the academic experience and contemporary real data from the center's consulting that lecturers have grown to expect in this textbook.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. H. Freeman
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1429216220
• ISBN 13: 9781429216227
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 709