Introducing Statistics by Graham Upton
An updated version to meet the requirements of the new A Level specifications being offered by all the awarding bodies in 2000. Chapters are the same as before but there is extra material within them. Chapter 1 now includes several examples of the graphical comparision of similar data sets. This chapter includes five new sections and ends with a discussion of the (largely unwanted) characteristics to be expected in real data. Chapter 2 has been augmented by sections on the use of coded values, Bayes' theorem is included in Chapter 4, and the method for determining the distribution of a simple function of a random variable is now included in Chapter 9. In Chapter 14 there is a new section dealing with properties of regression line estimators and, later, a subsection on nonsense correlation. Some questions have been introduced on sampling in Chapter 3. These questions are somewhat open-ended, as were a number of existing questions that were not given answers in the first edition. In this edition possible answers are now provided to these questions.
..the style is lively, with clearly worked examples and plenty of exercises with answers. * TES *
This book is the best I have seen for A Level students, providing excellent support for the classroom teacher. * The Journal of the Scottish Mathematical Council *
This book is the best I have seen for A Level students, providing excellent support for the classroom teacher. * The Journal of the Scottish Mathematical Council *
Graham Upton is Professor of Statistics and head of the Mathematical Department at the University of Essex. He is a graduate of Leicester and Birmingham Universities and lectured at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne for five years before moving to Essex. He has given lecture courses at the
Universities of Dokkyo (Tokyo), Grenoble, Michigan, and ITAM (Mexico). Dr Upton is the author of over 80 papers and five books, including Understanding Statistics with Ian Cook, (Oxford, 1996), and Introducing Statistics (Oxford, 1998), also with Ian Cook.
Ian Cook is a graduate of the universities of Cambridge, London, and Hull (where he was a lecturer in mathematics). He moved to Essex as a Senior Lecturer in 1964, taking early retirement in 1985. He has been a Chief Examiner in Mathematics at A Level for 30 years, setting questions in all branches
of mathematics and statistics. He acts as a referee for articles in the Mathematical Gazette and Teaching Statistics. He is co-author with Graham Upton of Understanding Statistics, and Introducing Statistics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199148011 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199148015 |
| Title | Introducing Statistics |
| Author | Graham Upton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2001-01-18 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
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