Interactive statistics : preliminary edition /
Martha Aliaga, Brenda Gunderson.
- [S.l.] : Prentice Hall College Div, 1998.
- 423 p. ; 28 cm.
This workbook encourages hands-on exploration of statistical concepts so that users take an active part in the learning process. Statistical concepts are presented economically and immediately reinforced with activities that make the concepts clear and vivid. Chapter topics cover how to make a decision with statistics, producing data, observational studies and experiments, summarizing data graphically, summarizing data numerically, using models to make decisions, how to measure uncertainty with probability, sampling distributions: measuring the accuracy of sample results, making decisions about a population proportion with confidence, making decisions about a population mean with confidence, comparing two treatments, comparing many treatments, relationships between quantitative variables, and analysis of count data. For individuals who want to learn statistics.