Engage your students’ natural curiosity and motivate them with intriguing questions as you explain statistical topics in the context of interesting examples and case studies. Utts/Heckard’s Mind on Statistics, 6th Edition, with WebAssign and a new SALT data analysis tool, emphasizes the conceptual development of statistical ideas and the importance of finding meaning in data.
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This edition balances statistical literacy with coverage of statistical methodology taught in introductory courses. Students develop statistical intuition by analyzing data and interpreting results, rather than relying on mathematical formulation.
- More than 125 New Exercises Provide Focused Practice
- New Examples, Case Studies and Updates Highlight the Relevance of Statistics in Life Today
- More than 20% of WebAssign Questions Integrated into SALT
- Rebuilt Simulations Offer an Improved User Experience for Students. Students apply the statistical principles they’ve learned with this edition’s simulations that are now revised to more closely mirror what statisticians use in professional environments.
- New Gender-Sensitive Wording Reflects Gender Inclusiveness
- Revised Coverage of Hypothesis Testing Clarifies Misconceptions. This edition’s presentation of hypothesis testing is extensively revised to clarify misconceptions about p-values and statistical significance.
- New Coverage Addresses Randomization Tests, Resampling and Bootstrap Confidence Intervals.
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