Statistics by Tom Short
STATISTICS: LEARNING FROM DATA, Second Edition, helps you learn to think like a statistician. It pays particular attention to areas that students often struggle with -- probability, hypothesis testing, and selecting an appropriate method of analysis. Supported by learning objectives, real-data examples and exercises, and technology notes, this book helps you to develop conceptual understanding, mechanical proficiency, and the ability to put knowledge into practice.
Roxy Peck is emerita associate dean of the College of Science and Mathematics and professor of statistics emerita at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. As a faculty member at Cal Poly from 1979 until 2009, Dr. Peck served for six years as chair of the statistics department before becoming associate dean, a position she held for 13 years. She received an M.S. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in applied statistics from the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Peck is nationally known in the area of statistics education, and she was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Statistics Education at the U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics in 2009. In 2003, she received the American Statistical Association�s Founder�s Award, recognizing her contributions to K-12 and undergraduate statistics education. She is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and an elected member of the International Statistics Institute. Dr. Peck served for five years as the chief reader for the Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics Exam and has chaired the American Statistical Association�s Joint Committee with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability for Grades K-12 and the Section on Statistics Education. In addition to her texts in introductory statistics, Dr. Peck is co-editor of STATISTICAL CASE STUDIES: A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACADEME AND INDUSTRY and is a member of the editorial board for STATISTICS: A GUIDE TO THE UNKNOWN, 4TH EDITION. Outside of the classroom, she likes to travel and spends her spare time reading mystery novels. Dr. Peck also collects Navajo rugs and travels to Arizona and New Mexico whenever she can find the time. The late Tom Short was an Associate Professor in the Statistics Program within the Department of Mathematics at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He also previously held faculty positions at Villanova University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and John Carroll University. He was a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and received the 2005 Mu Sigma Rho Statistics Education Award. Tom served on the leadership team for readings of the Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics Exam, and on the AP Statistics Development Committee. He also served on the Board of Directors of the American Statistical Association. Tom treasured the time he shared with his four children and the many adventures experienced with his wife, Darlene.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781337558082 |
| ISBN 10 | 1337558087 |
| Titel | Statistics |
| Autor | Tom Short |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Cengage Learning, Inc |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2018-01-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 729 |
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