Textbook
Data Matters: Conceptual Statistics for a Random WorldISBN: 978-0-470-41228-2
Paperback
625 pages
June 2008, ©2004
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- Conversational tone: “talks” students through the development of statistical ideas using common, everyday language.
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Builds on common ideas (like how to buy a house) to teach even the most number-phobic student how to think quantitatively.
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Uses a logical mathematic progression to teach students how to think effectively.
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Each chapter contains a section called “Avoiding Common Misunderstandings” that takes Maxwell’s practical experience in a class room and enables students to avoid making common mistakes in the first place and to understand why.
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Each section includes exercises to reinforce the concepts introduced and includes answers to odd-numbered exercises.