- September 2008
55.90 Euro
2008. 626 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 0-470-41228-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-41228-2 - John Wiley & Sons








Detailed description
With an analytical approach that emphasizes concepts and comprehension, Data Matters provides a crucial introduction to statistics by preparing students to think critically about the most common statistics found in the natural and social sciences. Real data and events taken from the daily news media bring relevance to the subject and turn the general reader into a critical and capable consumer of everyday statistics. With its pleasant, conversational style, Data Matters engages and interests students while it covers the basics and lays a foundation for further study in statistics.

This text fits into most non-major statistics courses--those intended primarily for the liberal arts or the humanities, or for quantitative literacy or quantitative reasoning courses. Perfect for students in non-mathematically oriented majors or for general education elective courses, Data Matters is also ideal for continuing education or adult education courses.

From the contents
Foreword by George Cobb vii
Preface
To the Instructor ix
To the Student xiii
Acknowledgments xiv
Introduction: Why Data Matters 1
Part I Statistics in the News 7
Basic Concepts of Statistical Thinking Presented
in the Context of Categorical Data
Chapter 1 Proportions in Samples, Proportions in Populations 8
Chapter 2 The Pattern in Random Sample Proportions 73
Chapter 3 Making Inferences 132
Chapter 4 Testing Locations and Differences of Proportions 194
Chapter 5 Averages and Other Number Line Statistics in the News 257
Chapter 6 What Sample Data Distribution Reveals About the Population 318
Chapter 7 Testing Treatments 378
Chapter 8 Analysis of Variance 431
Chapter 9 Best Lines 495
Chapter 10 Tests of Regression 544
Postscript: A Statistical Life 592
References 599
Index 609
Some Useful Equations 624