Understanding Statistics: Activities and Exercises for a First Statistics Course 3rd Edition

This text provides hands-on activities and practice exercises to supplement a standard introductory statistics course. Topics include data collection and summarization, probability and probability distributions, and statistical inference. The three components of the workbook include:Laboratory Activities: 24 hands-on activities that are designed to practicequantitative/statistical thinking with group work, data collection, and analysis. Some activitiesrequire additional resources such as dice, coins, toothpicks, and tape measures.Practice Exercises: 128 practice exercises are provided as homework assignments or groupwork. Solutions are not included with this practice set.Review Exercises with Solutions: 32 review exercises are provided with fully worked-outsolutions. This may be a good resource for students who would like to test their knowledge andgain immediate feedback, as a practice resource before assessments, or for the student whoneeds to see one more example before feeling confident to strike out on their own. The authors have additionally developed an open-source inquiry-based set of course notes to supplement the text. Together these materials provide an affordable and interactive set of materials for an introductory statistics course. Journal of Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics Read more