Data Matters: Conceptual Statistics for a Random World

• With its pleasant, conversational style, Data Matters engages and interests students.
• It covers the basics and spices up the material using data from the popular press and offering insights into how statistical formulas were developed.
• Data Matters takes the time to review the basic mathematics students need to succeed in their conceptual understanding of the subject.
• The author motivates students learning by explaining why the material is important and how it is used on a day-to-day basis. Data Matters lays out the full logic of statistical sampling and inference in the context of one type of statistic: proportions. Proportions are the most common statistic in the news. Having solidified the students conceptions of the quirks that arise from how the proportion is calculated, Data Matters presents sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and statistical inference before applying the logic of proportions to other types of statistics, such as chi-square tests, ANOVA, and regression. Each section of the book has a variety of elements to support student learning:
• Textboxes highlight key concepts.
• Summaries review each section's material.
• An Algebra and Greek Symbols section restates each section's material in traditional mathematical and statistical equations.
• A computer project illustrates the text's key concepts.
• Exercises promote students mastery.
• Answers to odd numbered exercises appear immediately after each sections exercises.

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