Seeing Through Statistics

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Summary: Good, solid foundational book!
Review: Hi...I used this book in an upper division math course at the University of New Mexico and loved it. It is a good book for people who need to understand and use statistics but who don't have a mathematics/statistics degree. The book emphasizes data collection techniques as well as methods of statistical calculation and ample examples are given for every topic in order to make concepts more concrete. I currently use this book as a quick reference guide and, as long as I'm not needing a rigorous development of a concept, it is perfect!

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Summary: Wonderful conceptual view of the role of statistics
Review: I purchased this book to review it for a high school class in introductory statistics for enriched math students. Often mathematical subjects are criticized because they place emphasis on individual concepts, and the student doesn't learn what the concepts for used for until the end of the chapter or unit. This book places an emphasis on the research process and the role statistics plays. It is not a rigorous course in anaylsis, but better than that, it gives the newbie to statistics an understanding of the purpose of statistics. It uses cognitive strategies of elaboration and discourse to bring meaning to an otherwise abstract subject. If you plan to use this to teach, get the instructor's manual from the publisher. It has nice suggestions. Also, this is book is becoming widely used, so you may be able to find web sites where other instructors have posted ancillary readings and activities.

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful conceptual view of the role of statistics
Review: I purchased this book to review it for a high school class in introductory statistics for enriched math students. Often mathematical subjects are criticized because they place emphasis on individual concepts, and the student doesn't learn what the concepts for used for until the end of the chapter or unit. This book places an emphasis on the research process and the role statistics plays. It is not a rigorous course in anaylsis, but better than that, it gives the newbie to statistics an understanding of the purpose of statistics. It uses cognitive strategies of elaboration and discourse to bring meaning to an otherwise abstract subject. If you plan to use this to teach, get the instructor's manual from the publisher. It has nice suggestions. Also, this is book is becoming widely used, so you may be able to find web sites where other instructors have posted ancillary readings and activities.