Emphasizing the conceptual development of statistical ideas, MIND ON STATISTICS actively engages students and explains topics in the context of excellent examples and case studies. This text balances the spirit of statistical literacy with statistical methodology taught in the introductory statistics course. Jessica Utts and Robert Heckard built the book on two learning premise...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews Product Description Develop a conceptual understanding of statistical ideas and learn to find meaning in data with MIND ON STATISTICS and its accompanying online learning tools. Utts and Heckard explain statistical topics through excellent examples and case studies, balancing the spirit of statistical literacy with the statistical methodology. You'll develop y...(展开全部)

Liza never knew that falling in love could be so wonderful . . . and so confusing. "'Liza,' Mom said, looking into my eyes, 'I want you to tell me the truth, not because I want to pry, but because I have to know. This could get very unpleasant . . . Now--have you and Annie--done any more than the usual experimenting . . . ' 'No, Mom,' I said, trying to look back at her calmly...(展开全部)

Liza never knew that falling in love could be so wonderful . . . and so confusing. "'Liza,' Mom said, looking into my eyes, 'I want you to tell me the truth, not because I want to pry, but because I have to know. This could get very unpleasant . . . Now--have you and Annie--done any more than the usual experimenting . . . ' 'No, Mom,' I said, trying to look back at her calmly...(展开全部)

罗伯特·D. 理查德森（Robert D. Richardson, Jr.），出生于1934年，美国历史学家、传记作家，哈佛大学博士，出生于美国威斯康星州密尔沃基市，曾在爱默生的故乡康科德生活过。曾于1990年获得古根海姆奖，于2007年获得美国历史学界最高奖班克罗夫特奖，并获得过美国历史学家协会颁发的帕克曼奖等。其传记作品《梭罗传：瓦尔登湖畔的心灵人生》《爱默生传：激情似火的思想家》被认为是“当代美国文学研究的伟大成就之一”。

From Publishers Weekly The maverick intellectual life of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82) is the focus of this imposing, highly erudite biography. In 1832, Emerson resigned his Boston ministry to pursue a career as an essayist, orator and poet, delivering more than 1500 lectures in his lifetime, including "The American Scholar" (1837), and publishing essays such as Nature (1836) a...(展开全部)

弗里德曼于 1938 年 3 月 5 日出生于加拿大魁北克省蒙特利尔。他于 1958 年获得麦吉尔大学理学学士学位，并分别于 1959 年和 1960 年获得普林斯顿大学硕士和博士学位。他于 1961 年加入加州大学伯克利分校统计系担任讲师，并于 1962 年被任命为研究员。他的整个职业生涯都在伯克利大学度过。他以概率论者和数理统计学家的身份开始职业生涯，具有贝叶斯倾向，但后来成为世界领先的应用统计学家和谨慎的频率论者之一。

弗里德曼于 1938 年 3 月 5 日出生于加拿大魁北克省蒙特利尔。他于 1958 年获得麦吉尔大学理学学士学位，并分别于 1959 年和 1960 年获得普林斯顿大学硕士和博士学位。他于 1961 年加入加州大学伯克利分校统计系担任讲师，并于 1962 年被任命为研究员。他的整个职业生涯都在伯克利大学度过。他以概率论者和数理统计学家的身份开始职业生涯，具有贝叶斯倾向，但后来成为世界领先的应用统计学家和谨慎的频率论者之一。