Understanding basic statistics /
Charles Henry Brase and Corrinne Pellillo Brase.
- Seventh edition.
- Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, 2016
- xxv, 589 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes index.
Getting started -- Organizing data -- Average variation -- Correlation and regression -- Elementary probability theory -- The binomial probability distribution and related topics -- Normal curves and sampling distributions -- Estimation -- Hypothesis testing -- Inferences about differences -- Additional topics using inference.
Help students overcome their apprehension about statistics with Brase and Brase's UNDERSTANDING BASIC STATISTICS. A condensed and more streamlined version of the same authors' bestselling UNDERSTANDABLE STATISTICS, Eleventh Edition, this book offers instructors an effective way to teach the essentials of statistics, including early coverage of regression, within a more limited time frame. Thorough yet abbreviated and offering an accessible exposition, the text helps students realize the real-world significance of statistics. The Seventh Edition addresses the growing importance of developing students' critical thinking and statistical literacy skills with critical thinking features and new exercises throughout the text. The use of the graphing calculator, Microsoft Excel, MINITAB, and SPSS is covered but not required.