Introductory Statistics

Introductory Statistics

A textbook for a standard one-semester introductory statistics course for general education students.

Tag(s): Statistics

Publication date: 01 Jan 2012

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Views: 8,882

Type: Textbook

Publisher: Self-publishing

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

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Introductory Statistics

Introductory Statistics A textbook for a standard one-semester introductory statistics course for general education students.
Tag(s): Statistics
Publication date: 01 Jan 2012
ISBN-10: n/a
ISBN-13: n/a
Paperback: n/a
Views: 8,882
Document Type: Textbook
Publisher: Self-publishing
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
Post time: 11 Oct 2023 12:00:00
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This book is meant to be a textbook for a standard one-semester introductory statistics course for general education students. Our motivation for writing it is twofold: 1.) to provide a low-cost alternative to many existing popular textbooks on the market; and 2.) to provide a quality textbook on the subject with a focus on the core material of the course in a balanced presentation.

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Over time the core content of this course has developed into a well-defined body of material that is substantial for a one-semester course. The authors believe that the students in this course are best served by a focus on the core material and not by an exposure to a plethora of peripheral topics. Therefore in writing this book we have sought to present material that comprises fully a central body of knowledge that is defined according to convention, realistic expectation with respect to course duration and students’ maturity level, and our professional judgment and experience. We believe that certain topics, among them Poisson and geometric distributions and the normal approximation to the binomial distribution (particularly with a continuity correction) are distracting in nature. Other topics, such as nonparametric methods, while important, do not belong in a first course in statistics. As a result we envision a smaller and less intimidating textbook that trades some extended and unnecessary topics for a better focused presentation of the central material.




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