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Workshop Statistics:

Discovery With Data and Minitab

Part of the book series: Textbooks in Mathematical Sciences (TIMS)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Exploring Data: Distributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Data and Variables I

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 3-16
    3. Data and Variables II

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 17-24
    4. Displaying and Describing Distributions

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 25-45
    5. Measures of Center

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 47-63
    6. Measures of Spread

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 65-80
    7. Comparing Distributions

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 81-101
  3. Exploring Data: Relationships

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
    2. Graphical Displays of Association

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 105-125
    3. Correlation Coefficient

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 127-144
    4. Least Squares Regression I

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 145-162
    5. Least Squares Regression II

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 163-176
    6. Relationships with Categorical Variables

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 177-196
  4. Randomness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
    2. Random Sampling

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 199-216
    3. Sampling Distributions I: Confidence

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 217-230
    4. Sampling Distributions II: Significance

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 231-242
    5. Normal Distributions

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 243-262
    6. Central Limit Theorem

      • Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance
      Pages 263-275

About this book

Shorn of all subtlety and led naked out of the protec­ tive fold of educational research literature, there comes a sheepish little fact: lectures don't work nearly as well as many of us would like to think. -George Cobb (1992) This book contains activities that guide students to discover statistical concepts, explore statistical principles, and apply statistical techniques. Students work toward these goals through the analysis of genuine data and through inter­ action with one another, with their instructor, and with technology. Providing a one-semester introduction to fundamental ideas of statistics for college and advanced high school students, Warkshop Statistics is designed for courses that employ an interactive learning environment by replacing lectures with hands­ on activities. The text contains enough expository material to stand alone, but it can also be used to supplement a more traditional textbook. Some distinguishing features of Workshop Statistics are its emphases on active learning, conceptual understanding, genuine data, and the use of technology. The following sections of this preface elaborate on each of these aspects and also describe the unusual organizational structure of this text.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dickinson College, USA

    Allan J. Rossman

  • University of the Pacific, USA

    Beth L. Chance

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