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PublisherBrooks/Cole

ISBN-101285050886

ISBN-139781285050881

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Number of Pages656 Pages

Publication NameSeeing Through Statistics

LanguageEnglish

SubjectProbability & Statistics / General

Publication Year2014

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorJessica M. Utts

Subject AreaMathematics

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height9.1 in

Item Weight39.2 Oz

Item Length1.4 in

Item Width7.3 in

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Edition Number4

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Reviews"[T]his book does an excellent job of explaining statistical concepts using layman language." - Abraham Ayebo, North Dakota State University, "The case studies, examples, and exercises are some of the best that I have seen in an introductory statistics textbook." - Jamis Perrett, Texas A&M University, The case studies, examples, and exercises are some of the best that I have seen in an introductory statistics textbook.- Jamis Perrett, Texas A&M University, [T]his book does an excellent job of explaining statistical concepts using layman language.- Abraham Ayebo, North Dakota State University

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Dewey Decimal519.5

Table Of ContentPART 1: FINDING DATA IN LIFE.1. THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF USING STATISTICS1.1 Statistics. Case study. 1.1 Heart or Hypothalamus? 1.2 Detecting Patterns and Relationships. Case study. 1.2 Does Aspirin Prevent Heart Attacks? 1.3 Don't Be Deceived by Improper Use of Statistics. CASE STUDY 1.3 [To come]. 1.4 Summary and Conclusions. Thinking About Key Concepts. Exercises. Mini-Projects. References.2. READING THE NEWS.2.1 The Educated Consumer of Data. 2.2 Origins of News Stories. 2.3 How to be a Statistics Sleuth: Seven Critical Components. 2.4 Four Hypothetical Examples of Bad Reports. CASE STUDY 2.1 Who Suffers from Hangovers? 2.5 Planning Your Own Study: Defining the Components in Advance. CASE STUDY 2.2. Thinking About Key Concepts. Exercises. Mini-Projects. References.3. MEASUREMENTS, MISTAKES, AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS.3.1 Simple Measures Don't Exist. 3.2 It's All in the Wording. CASE STUDY 3.1 No Opinion of Your Own? Let Politics Decide. 3.3 Open or Closed Questions: Should Choices Be Given'. 3.4 Defining What Is Being Measured. CASE STUDY 3.2. 3.5 Defining a Common Language. Thinking About Key Concepts. Exercises. Mini-Projects. References.4. HOW TO GET A GOOD SAMPLE.4.1 Common Research Strategies. 4.2 Defining a Common Language. 4.3 The Beauty of Sampling. 4.4 Simple Random Sampling. 4.5 Other Sampling Methods. 4.6 Difficulties and Disasters in Sampling. CASE STUDY 4.1 The Infamous Literary Digest Poll of 1936. Thinking About Key Concepts. Exercises. Mini-Projects. References.5. EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES.5.1 Defining a Common Language. 5.2 Designing a Good Experiment. CASE STUDY 5.1 Quitting Smoking with Nicotine Patches. 5.3 Difficulties and Disasters in Experiments. CASE STUDY 5.2 Beat the Heat with a Frozen Treat. 5.4 Designing a Good Observational Experiment. CASE STUDY 5.3. 5.5 Difficulties and Disasters in Observational Studies. 5.6 Random Sample versus Random Assignment. Thinking About Key Concepts. Exercises. Mini-Projects. References6. GETTING THE BIG PICTURE.6.1 Final Questions. CASE STUDY 6.1 Mozart, Relaxation, and Performance on Spatial Tasks. CASE STUDY. 6.2 Can Meditation Boost Test Scores'. CASE STUDY 6.3 Drinking, Driving, and the Supreme Court. CASE STUDY 6.4 Smoking During Pregnancy and Child's IQ. CASE STUDY 6.5 For Class Discussion: Guns and. Homicides at Home. Mini-Projects. References.PART II: FINDING LIFE IN DATA.7. SUMMARIZING AND DISPLAYING MEASUREMENT DATA.7.1 Turning Data into Information. 7.2 Picturing Data: Stemplots and Histograms. 7.3 Five Useful Numbers: A Summary. 7.4 Boxplots. 7.5 Traditional Measures: Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation. 7.6 Caution: Being Average Isn't Normal. CASE STUDY 7.1 Detecting Exam Cheating with a Histogram. Thinking About Key Concepts. For Those Who Like Formulas. Exercises. Mini-Projects. References.8. BELL-SHAPED CURVES AND OTHER SHAPES.8.1 Populations, Frequency Curves, and Proportions. 8.2 The Pervasiveness of Normal Curves. 8.3 Percentiles and Standardized Scores. 8.4 z-Scores and Familiar Intervals. Thinking About Key Concepts. For Those Who Like Formulas. Exercises. References9. PLOTS, GRAPHS, AND PICTURES.9.1 Well-Designed Statistical Pictures. 9.2 Pictures of Categorical Data. 9.3 Pictures of Measurement Variables. 9.4 Pictures Trends across Time. 9.5 Difficulties and Disasters in Plots, Graphs, and Pictures.9.6 A Checklist for Statistical Pictures. CASE STUDY 9.1. Thinking About Key Concepts. Exercises. Mini-Projects. References. 10. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEASUREMENT VARIABLES.10.1 Statistical Relationships. 10.2 Strength versus Statistical Significance. 10.3 Measuring Strength Through Correlation. 10.4 Specifying Linear Relationships with Regression. CASE STUDY 10.1 Are Attitudes about Love and Romance Hereditary? CASE STUDY 10.2 A Weighty Issue: Women Want Less, Men Want More. Thinking About Key Concepts. For Those Who Like Formulas. Exercises. Mini-Projects. References.11. RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE DECEIVING.11.1 Ille

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisThe fourth edition of this popular book by Jessica Utts develops statistical literacy and critical thinking through real-world applications, with an emphasis on ideas, not calculations. This text focuses on the key concepts that educated citizens need to know about statistics. These ideas are introduced in interesting applied and real contexts, without using an abundance of technicalities and calculations that only serve to confuse students.

LC Classification NumberQA276.12