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Discovering the Fundamentals of Statistics

Second  Edition©2014  Daniel Larose

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Discovering the Fundamentals of Statistics by Dan Larose is the ideal brief introductory statistics text that balances the teaching of computational skills with conceptual understanding. Written in a concise, accessible style, Discovering the Fundamentals of Statistics helps students develop the quantitative and analytical tools needed to understand statistics in today’s data-saturated world. Dan Larose presents statistical concepts the way instructors teach and the way students learn.

Table of Contents

1. The Nature of Statistics
2. Describing Data Using Graphs and Tables
3. Describing Data Numerically
4. Correlation and Regression
5. Probability
6. Probability Distributions
7. Sampling Distributions
8. Confidence Intervals
9.  Hypothesis Testing
10. Two-Sample Inference
11. Further Inference Methods
 
Additional Chapter:
Nonparametric Statistics (available online and through custom publishing)
 

Daniel T. Larose

Since his days of collecting baseball cards as a youngster, Dan Larose has felt a lifelong passion for statistics. He completed his PhD in statistics from the University of Connecticut in Storrs in 1996. Today, Larose is Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Central Connecticut State University. There, he designed, developed, and directs the world’s first online Master of Science degree in data mining. He has published three books on data mining, and is a consultant in statistics and data mining. His fondest wish is to impart a love of statistics to a new generation. Larose lives in Tolland, Connecticut, with his wife Debra, daughters Chantal and Ravel, and son, Tristan.