About the Book Prepare students to make informed decisions by connecting statistical concepts to their everyday lives and learning to think critically.
- Putting It Together—found in chapter openers, sections, and exercises—connects concepts from different chapters to show statistics as a whole rather than a series of disconnected procedures. These are indexed at the beginning of the book for easy reference.
- Making an Informed Decision chapter openers pose a question, and then present the statistical concept necessary for prudent decision-making. This feature engages the reader in the statistical-thinking process and highlights the practicality of statistics.
- UPDATED! Videos feature the author and George Woodbury. The suite of videos includes instructional videos that develop statistical concepts and example videos with many providing both by-hand solutions and technology solutions (where applicable). In addition, each Chapter Test problem has video solutions available.
- Author in the Classroom video series feature author Mike Sullivan delivering in-class lectures and interacting with a live student audience. Students have access to a master teacher regardless of where and when they are studying.
- UPDATED! Student Activities Workbook helps to actively engage students with the material and is accompanied by an instructor resource guide with suggestions for incorporating activities into the classroom. New to this edition, the Workbook includes activities on the latest hot topics such as resampling and simulation.
Provide ample opportunity within each section for students to check their understanding and review.
- Preparing for this Section quizzes verify that students have the prerequisite knowledge for the next section, and include page numbers for quick reference.
- NEW and UPDATED! 100 Step-by-Step Annotated Examples continue to engage and guide students with clear, concise explanations while following the Problem, Approach, Solution presentation.
- Problem lays out the scenario of the example.
- Approach provides insight into the thought process behind the methodology used to solve the problem.
- Solution goes through the solution utilizing the methodology suggested in the approach.
- “Now Work” problems follow most examples so that students can practice the concepts shown.
- The example structure presents by-hand solutions side by side with technology solutions. This allows flexibility for an instructor to present only by-hand, only technology, or both solutions.
- NEW! Retain Your Knowledge is a new problem type included at the end of select section exercises. These problems are meant to assist students in retaining skills learned earlier in the course so that the material is fresh for the final exam.
- Explaining the Concepts exercises ask students to explain the ideas in their own words, forcing them to think critically rather than simply memorize facts. These appear at the end of the exercise set, after students have had the chance to develop skills and conceptual understanding of the material.
Practice, Practice, Practice ensures that students have the support they need to master the skills and begin to think statistically.
- NEW and UPDATED! Over 350 exercises in the 5th Edition require students to write a few sentences that explain the results of their statistical analysis. The answers in the back of the text provide recommended explanations of the statistical results. In addition, exercises have been written to require students to understand pitfalls in faulty statistical analysis.
- NEW! Big Data Problems address very large data sets caused by the ubiquitous nature of data today, as well as the ability to collect data from a variety of sources.
- Vocabulary and Skill Building include fill-in-the-blank and true/false questions that appear at the beginning of every section’s exercise sets, assessing students’ understanding of vocabulary introduced in the section. These problems are followed by Skill Building exercises that allow the student to practice skills developed in the section.
- Case Studies,available online in MyLab Statistics or on the companion website, are mentioned at the end of each chapter. The Case Studies promote active learning and help students apply their knowledge.
- Chapter Review sections include a Chapter Summary, a list of key chapter Vocabulary, pertinent Formulas used, and Chapter Objectives with corresponding Review Exercises.
- Chapter Tests help students prepare for exams.
- Chapter Review answers are available at the back of the book.
Integrating Statistical Software is easier with in-chapter resources to complement the support built into MyLab Statistics described above.
- Technology Step-by-Step guides show how to use StatCrunch®, Minitab®, Excel®, and the TI-83/84 graphing calculator to complete statistics processes.
- Data sets are included on the companion CD-ROM in multiple formats.
- Software output screens include displays from StatCrunch, Minitab, TI-83/84, and Excel to illustrate exercises and examples where appropriate
- Applets can be used in the classroom or as part a project featured in the Activity Workbook. Twenty applets on the companion CD-ROM allow students to interact with statistical concepts.
- Technology Answers are now included where they differ from by-hand answers.
- Accompanying Technology Manuals contain detailed tutorial instructions and worked out examples and exercises for TI-83/84 and 89 calculators and Excel. These are available in MyLab Statistics or on the student resource web site.
Instructor Guidance for the Course
- NEW! Instructor Resource Guide provides an overview of the chapter, detailing points to emphasize within each section and suggestions for presenting the material. In addition, the guide provides examples that may be used in the classroom.
Also available with MyLab Statistics
MyLab™ Statistics is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them absorb course material and understand difficult concepts.
Help to keep students engaged, see the relevance, and develop their conceptual understanding of statistics
- NEW! Interactive Applets are a powerful tool for developing statistical concepts and enhancing understanding. There are twenty new applets that accompany the text and many activities in the Student Activity Workbook that utilize these applets.
- New! Videos develop statistical concepts and provide examples. Every objective in the text is accompanied by both by-hand solutions and technology solutions, where applicable. Most Chapter Test problems also have video solutions available.
- New! Chapter Test Videos are available for each chapter test problem in complete, worked-out video solutions either solved by hand, using the TI-84C, or StatCrunch.
- Author in the Classroom Videos feature author Mike Sullivan delivering in-class lectures and interacting with a live student audience. Students have access to a master teacher regardless of where and when they are studying.
- StatTalk Videos from Statistician Andrew Vickers present statistical concepts through a series of fun, brief, real-world examples that explain the concepts of statistics in a friendly, easy-to-understand way, and can be enjoyed by students of all levels. All 24 videos are now available in MyLab Statistics, accompanied by assignable questions and an Instructor's Guide. Preview available at www.pearsonhighered.com/stattalk.
- MyLab Statistics Accessibility: MyLab Statistics is compatible with the JAWS screen reader, and enables multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank and free-response problem-types to be read, and interacted with via keyboard controls and math notation input. MyLab Statistics also works with screen enlargers, including ZoomText, MAGic®, and SuperNova. And all MyLab Statistics videos accompanying texts with copyright 2009 and later have closed captioning. More information on this functionality is available at http://mystatlab.com/accessibility.
Built-in, easy-to-use statistical software
- StatCrunch®: MyLab Statistics integrates the web-based statistical software, StatCrunch, within the online assessment platform so that students can easily analyze data sets from exercises and the text. In addition, MyLab Statistics includes access to www.StatCrunch.com, a vibrant online community where users can access tens of thousands of shared data sets, create and conduct online surveys, perform complex analyses using the powerful statistical software, and generate compelling reports.
- NEW! StatCrunch Question Library makes it easy to assign projects or exercises that enable students to use the statistical software to analyze robust and engaging data sets. Designed for maximum flexibility, instructors can assign a capstone project in MyLab Statistics by selecting multiple assignments related to a single data set; or they can assign exercises by topic across multiple data sets. By incorporating opportunities for in-depth data analysis into MyLab Statistics assignments, students see how they can explore a data set from many angles, to tell stories and make decisions.
Support students as they learn to use statistical software, to save valuable class time and prepare them for their future careers
- NEW! Technology Help is built directly into the MyLab Statistics exercises, with learning aids that provide step-by-step instructions on how to obtain results using StatCrunch, TI-84 Plus/TI-84 Plus C, and Excel.
- NEW! Technology Step-by- Step guides show how to use StatCrunch , Excel, and the TI-84 graphing calculators to complete statistical processes.
- NEW! Technology Support Videos feature easy-to- follow steps needed to solve a problem in several different formats—by-hand, TI-84 Plus C, and StatCrunch.
- Tech Assumed Questions in MyLab Statistics – Exercises marked with a "-T" assume the use of technology throughout the exercise and accompanying learning aids.
- Software output screens include displays from StatCrunch, Minitab, TI-83/84, and Excel to illustrate exercises and examples where appropriate.
- Technology Answers are now included where they differ from by-hand answers.
- Accompanying Technology Manuals contain detailed tutorial instructions and worked-out examples and exercises for TI-83/84 and 89 calculators and Excel.
Foster student engagement and peer-to-peer learning
- NEW! Learning Catalytics™ helps instructors generate class discussion, customize lectures, and promote peer-to-peer learning with real-time analytics. As a student response tool, Learning Catalytics uses students’ smartphones, tablets, or laptops to engage them in more interactive tasks and thinking.
- Upload a full PowerPoint® deck for easy creation of slide questions.
- Team names are no longer case sensitive.
- Help your students develop critical thinking skills.
- Monitor responses to find out where your students are struggling.
- Rely on real-time data to adjust your teaching strategy.
- Automatically group students for discussion, teamwork, and peer-to-peer learning.
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