The Basic Practice of Statistics: Edition 7

David S. Moore · William I. Notz · Michael A. Fligner

Jan 2015 · Macmillan Higher Education

About this ebook

David Moore’s data analysis (conceptual) approach, which revolutionized the introductory statistics textbook, moves students away from formulas and number-crunching, focusing instead on how working statisticians in a variety of fields collect and analyze data, and use the results to tackle real-world problems.

The clear, direct way of emphasizing the course’s relevance and confronting students’ math anxieties is at the heart of the bestselling The Basic Practice of Statistics (BPS). It is also the ideal approach for taking full advantage of the powerful statistical tools and interactive learning features in this new edition’s text/media package. Now more than ever, BPS is ready to help students move from reading about statistical practice to practicing statistics themselves.

Ratings and reviews

This book does not strike me as suitable for a college level course. While it accomplished its goal of delivering information, far far too much time was spent on topics like stem-and-leaf plots, and distinguishing a bar graph from a histogram, than on the actual practice of statistics. If you are teaching a 4th grade statistics class, this is your book. For a more advanced course, look elsewhere.

About the author

David S. Moore is a professor of psychology at Pitzer College and at Claremont Graduate University. He received his doctorate in developmental psychology from Harvard University and did his postdoctoral work at the City University of New York.