Activity-Based Statistics, 2nd Edition Student Guide
Home > Mathematics and Science Textbooks > Mathematics > Activity-Based Statistics, 2nd Edition Student Guide: (2 Key Curriculum Press)
Activity-Based Statistics, 2nd Edition Student Guide: (2 Key Curriculum Press)

Activity-Based Statistics, 2nd Edition Student Guide: (2 Key Curriculum Press)


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

Activity-Based Statistics helps build real statistical understanding through a set of innovative hands-on activities that can be used each day in conjunction with other texts.  The second edition continues to emphasize discovery by motivating readers to apply the skills they have learned to discover the everyday relevance of statistics.  There are over 45 activities and five long-term projects that have been updated and extended to encourage readers to experience statistics in context.  While the second edition includes updated technology extensions for Fathom, technology is used throughout the book to extend activities and is not required to complete them. 

Table of Contents:
Preface. To the Student. Acknowledgments. I. EXPLORING DATA. A Living Histogram. How to build a histogram out of people. Getting to Know the Class. Surveying the class. Exploratory data analysis. Displaying categorical and quantitative data. A Living Box Plot. How to construct a box-and-whisker plot with people. Shape, center, and spread. V Is for Variation: How Far Are You from the Mean? Measuring variability in data. Matching Plots to Variables. Connecting our knowledge of real-life distributions to their graphs. Matching Statistics to Plots. Matching summary statistics to graphs of distributions. How the mean can differ from the median. Variation in Measurement. Collecting measurement data and looking at its distribution. Measurement Bias. Experiencing measurement bias. Let Us Count. Variation due to the process of measurement. Matching Descriptions to Scatter Plots. Making the correspondence between scatter plots and statistics (regression line and r). The Regression Effect. Find out about the regression effect. Leonardo's Model Bodies. Looking at correlation between the sizes of different body parts. Relating to Correlation. How the correlation coefficient from a sample varies about the true population coefficient. Models, Models, Models . . . . Modeling time series data with lines. Breaking the time series into two pieces. Predictable Pairs. Relationships between categorical variables. Association in two-way tables. Ratings and Ranks. The relationship between ratings and ranks. II. PLANNING A STUDY. Random Rectangles. Sampling bias. The importance of random sampling. The Rating Game. Analyzing ratings that are results from a questionnaire you design. Stringing Students Along. Learning about selection bias. Gummy Bears in Space. Factorial designs and interaction. Controlling variables. Funnel Swirling. Experimental design, particularly factorial design.Variability in an experiment. Jumping Frogs. Experiments in a factorial situation. Estimating the effects of each factor and of the interaction. How to Ask Questions: Designing a Survey How the way a question is worded can affect the outcome of a survey. III. ANTICIPATING PATTERNS. What Is Random Behavior? Gambler's fallacy. It’s hard to predict short-term random behavior. The Law of Averages. What is the law of averages? How probability helps us predict in the long term. Streaky Behavior. Runs in Bernoulli trials. Randomness is streakier than we think. Counting Successes. How to create simulations to study problems about the number of successes in repetitions of an event with a known probability. Waiting for Sammy Sosa. The geometric, or waiting-time, distribution. The Lazy Student. What happens to the spread when you add random variables. What's the Chance? Dependent and independent trials. Spinning Pennies. Sampling distributions. Distribution of sample proportions where p 0.5. Cents and the Central Limit Theorem. How the sampling distribution of the mean of a nonnormal distribution looks normal. Sampling Error and Estimation. How an estimate (for example, of a mean) based on a sample differs from the population value. How Accurate Are the Polls? How an estimate of a proportion differs from the population value. How the spread of sampling distributions defines a margin of sampling error. IV. STATISTICAL INFERENCE. How Many Tanks? Estimating a population from serial numbers. Unbiased estimators. Estimating the Total of a Restaurant Bill. Sources of bias in estimation. Compensating for bias. What Is a Confidence Interval Anyway? Explaining the confidence interval as the range of plausible population values. Confidence Intervals for the Proportion of Even Digits. The meaning of the confidence level.What affects whether 95% of the confidence intervals contain the true value. Capture/Recapture. Estimating population size using a capture/recapture technique. How to Ask Sensitive Questions. Randomized response sampling. Using probability techniques to disguise survey answers and preserve confidentiality. Estimating a Total. It is not always clear how to sample to get the best estimate. The Bootstrap. Creating an interval estimate for statistics when the traditional confidence interval may be inappropriate. Statistical Evidence of Discrimination. Using the randomization test to show that variables are associated. How Typical Are Our Households’ Ages? The Chi-Square Test Using chi-square to show that (binned) age distributions are different. Coins on Edge. The power of a hypothesis test increases as the sample size increases. V. PROJECTS. Theme: Exploration of Data and Improvement in Quality. Application: Improved Payment Processing in a Utilities Firm. Theme: Sample Survey. Application 1: A Typical Election Poll. Application 2: The Nielsens. Theme: Experiment. Application: Does Aspirin Help Prevent Heart Attacks? The Physicians' Health Study. Theme: Modeling. Application: Body Composition. References. Index.

About the Author :
Dr. Richard L Sceaffer's research and scholarly interests are in statistical education and sampling theory/practice. He is currently a professor in the department of statistics at the University of Florida. B.A. 1962 Lycoming college; M.A. 1964 Bucknell University; Ph.D. 1968 Florida State University.


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470433218
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470433213
  • Publisher Date: 16 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Series Title: 2 Key Curriculum Press


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Activity-Based Statistics, 2nd Edition Student Guide: (2 Key Curriculum Press)
John Wiley & Sons Inc -
Activity-Based Statistics, 2nd Edition Student Guide: (2 Key Curriculum Press)
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Activity-Based Statistics, 2nd Edition Student Guide: (2 Key Curriculum Press)

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!