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For algebra-based Introductory Statistics courses.
Offering the most accessible approach to statistics, with a strong visual/graphical emphasis, this book offers a vast number of examples on the premise that students learn best by "doing". The fourth edition features many updates and revisions that place increased emphasis on interpretation of results and critical thinking in addition to calculations. This emphasis on "statistical literacy" is reflective of the GAISE recommendations.
Ron Larson received his PhD in mathematics from the University of Colorado in 1970. At that time he accepted a position with Penn State University, and he currently holds the rank of professor of mathematics at the University. Dr. Larson is the lead author of more than two dozen mathematics textbooks that range from sixth grade through calculus levels.
Betsy Farber received her Bachelor's degree in mathematics form Penn State University and Master's degree in mathematics from the College of New Jersey. Since 1976, she has been teaching all levels of mathematics at Bucks County Community College in Newton, Pennsylvania, where she currently holds the rank of professor. She is particularly interested in developing new ways to make statistics relevant and interesting to her students and has been teaching statistics in many different modes - with TI-83/84, with MINITAB, and by distance learning as well as in the traditional classroom.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Review from an Instructor's Perspective.,
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This review is from: Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (4th Edition) (Hardcover)
After having used Mario Triola's Essentials of Statistics to teach my prior two classes, this semester at a new college I had the opportunity to adapt Larson & Farber in an elementary statistics course for the first time. As has become the trend lately, we have been using Pearson's accompanying Course Compass web-based program for enhancing the class activities, for example the students submit all their homework online, access tutorials, animations, video clips, and the entire collection of the textbook pages in an electronic format. The topics in Larson & Farber proceed very much along the other comparable standard books such as Triola and Moore, starting out with descriptive statistics, then covering probability and distributions (binomial, normal, Poisson), and finally moving to inferential statistics in the form of building confidence intervals, hypothesis testing (for means, proportions, variances), and linear correlation/regression. There is also another chapter covering Chi-square goodness of fit/independence, and the basics of ANOVA using the F-distribution. Larson & Farber then finish with the 11th chapter on nonparametric methods meanwhile including extra information within exercises and marginal notes, providing a plethora of interesting reading which serve to enhance the knowledge base of the readers. I have been able to cover most of the material in the first 10 chapters within a single academic semester and the majority of the twenty-something students have been keeping along and showing interest in the subject.
The students and I have kept handy our TI 83/84 calculators for many of the exercises; in a couple of places however, MINITAB is the program of choice. For example when building prediction intervals or performing multiple regression, since the TI calculators do not come equipped with a built-in program to perform such operations. The latest 4th edition contains some maiden features in the form of newly included chapter summaries, applet activities, discussions on uses and abuses of statistical techniques, cumulative reviews at the end of selected chapters, technology answers, and revised course coverage in certain chapters (for example in chapter 2, clusters and gaps were added to the measures of central tendency, and in chapter 7, the power of a test has been defined.) The authors have noted they have aimed to strike a balance between computations, decision making, and conceptual understanding, at the same time continuing to incorporate the graphical display of data throughout the text. Also the book adheres to the MAA, AMATYC, and NCTM standards which call for a student-friendly text emphasizing the applications of statistics. Additionally, there are student resources available which for example include chapter quiz prep videos on a CD-ROM, student solutions manual, and technology manual. In summary, Larson & Farber have put together an excellent resource for learning and teaching statistics which promises to have an impact both in the classroom and the academic markets in the future to come.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent textbook, but at an inconsistent level.,
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This review is from: Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (4th Edition) (Hardcover)
I was assigned this book for teaching my 100-level college intro-stats course. It is much better organized than the previous book I used, but it isn't as thorough. Some topics, such as calculating a median and other percentiles using depth on an ordered list, are simply omitted in this book.
It seems that some topics are omitted or glossed over because they might be too complex for "Elementary" statistics. On the other hand, the more complex topics in the book, such as hypothesis testing -- a topic that students consistently have a hard time understanding -- are not covered in enough depth. Our students are sold this book in a package with videos on CD, a study guide, and a couple other things. This package is, in my opinion, worthless to a student in a class. They may be valuable to someone teaching themselves, or to a student in an online class, but for a live class, I think they are a waste of money. The CD videos show a teacher working through the topics and some of the problems in the book. However, the teacher seems to have, (hands flail) y'know, a highly repetitive, (hands flail) y'know, (hands flail) vocabulary (hands flail), and it's (hands flail) y'know (hands flail) really hard to (hands flail) y'know, watch him (hands flail) y'know, teach. Like his hands have a nervous tic or something. I'm sure I have my own quirks in class, but this guy... his hands are something else. All in all, I think the book is pretty good, with solid examples, well-highlighted definitions and key points. The chapter exercises are good in that they start VERY easy and progress through up to reasonably difficult, while staying within the limits of the text. I told my department head: I like the book, but I recommend it without the bonus materials (and associated costs!).
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
OS compatibility issues,
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This review is from: Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (4th Edition) (Hardcover)
It's too soon for me to rate the book itself; however, I have major issues with the CD. My OS is Windows 7, and the CD only operates with Windows ME, or XP (SP2), and Macintosh OS 10.x. I have contacted tech support, as well as the publisher, a number of times, but it seems that they do not have an updated version or a patch available. I have been bounced back and forth between customer service and technical support and still have not had this problem resolved. The publisher, Pearson/Prentice Hall, has not been the least bit helpful, and it is extremely frustrating to not be able to gain access to a resource that I paid for.
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