Investigating Statistical Concepts, Applications, And Methods - Couverture souple

Chance, Beth L.; Rossman, Allan J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0495050644 ISBN 13 : 9780495050643

Editeur : Brooks/Cole, 2005

Synopsis

INVESTIGATING STATISTICAL CONCEPTS, APPLICATIONS, AND METHODS (WITH CD-ROM) combines investigation and exposition to explore statistical ideas and techniques. Many of the investigations ask you to use technology such as statistical software and Java applets. A combination of practice, homework, and application problems emphasize actual studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Allan Rossman has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo since 2001. Prior to moving to the West Coast, Dr. Rossman taught at Dickinson College from 1989 to 2001 and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees respectively at Geneva College and Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Rossman is the originator of the WORKSHOP STATISTICS series of course books that lead students to explore and discover fundamental concepts and methods of statistics. He directed one of the MAA's NSF-funded STATS projects that conducted workshops for mathematicians who teach statistics. Dr. Rossman has chaired the ASA/MAA Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics and the ASA's Section on Statistical Education. He was co-editor of STATS magazine and serves on the International Program Committee for the International Conference on Teaching Statistics. Elected as a Fellow of ASA in 2001, Dr. Rossman has given presentations and conducted workshops on the teaching of statistics around the world. Beth Chance has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo since 1999. She earned a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University; she previously taught at the University of the Pacific. She serves on the AP Statistics Test Development Committee, on the ASA/MAA Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics, and as Secretary/Treasurer of the ASA's Section on Statistical Education. She is co-author of the WORKSHOP STATISTICS series of texts and was co-editor of STATS magazine. Dr. Chance's research in statistics education has focused on effective use of technology and on authentic assessments of students' development of statistical thinking. She is co-PI on the NSF-funded ARTIST (Assessment Resource Tools for Improving Statistical Thinking) project. Dr. Chance has given presentations and conducted workshops on statistics education around the world, and she has been honored as the inaugural recipient of the ASA's Waller Education Award in 2002 and with the Mu Sigma Rho Statistical Education Award in 2003.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brooks/Cole
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0495050644
• ISBN 13: 9780495050643
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 608
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible