Statistics in Action: Understanding a World of Data, 2nd Edition

This book is a product of what we have learned from the statisticians and teachers who have been actively involved in helping the introductory statistics course evolve into one that emphasizes activity-based learning of statistical concepts while reflecting modern statistical practice. This book is written in the spirit of the recommendations from the MAA’s STATS project, the ASA’s Quantitative Literacy and GAISE projects, and the College Board’s AP Statistics course. We hope that it adequately reflectsS the wisdom and experience of those with whom we have worked and who have inspired and taught us.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Statistical Reasoning: Investigating a Claim of Discrimination
Chapter 2. Exploring Distributions
Chapter 3. Relationships Between Two Quantitative Variables
Chapter 4. Sample Surveys and Experiments
Chapter 5. Probability Models
Chapter 6. Probability Distributions
Chapter 7. Sampling Distributions
Chapter 8. Inference for Proportions
Chapter 9. Inference for Means
Chapter 10. Chi-Square Tests
Chapter 11. Inference for Regression
Chapter 12. Statistics in Action: Case Studies