Description: Those three criteria guided the writing of this text for the one-term elementary statistics course. Robert Johnson, master teacher and successful author, and co-author Patricia Kuby, keep students in mind in many ways. This edition has a strong computer flavor, with many exercises set up for solution in Mintab "RM" .Johnson and Kuby present statistics as a practical discipline that evolves with the changing needs of our society, giving students a sense of the usefulness and timeliness of the topics and concepts discussed. While studying descriptive and inferential concepts, students become aware of their real-world applications in fields such as the physical and social sciences, business, economics, and engineering.Because this book focuses only on the essentials, it is ideal for use in a variety of course structures. Featuring modern ideas and an easy-to-comprehend exposition, the book places consistent emphasis on real data and graphical analysis. Descriptive coverage of linear correlation and regression appears early.-- Discussions are less technical, in an effort to make the book more approachable.-- The book's formulas are expressed in word algebra, whenever a formula of any complexity is introduced, making the text clearer and easier to understand.-- New graphic displays are used to compare similar statistics, to organize procedures for finding percentiles, and to organize and compare the various statistical tests.-- An increased nu

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