| Description |
96 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Series |
Quantitative literacy series |
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Quantitative literacy series.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Sampling distributions -- Box plots from sampling distributions -- Charts of 90% box plots -- Confidence intervals -- Methods of sampling -- Large surveys -- A capture-recapture method -- The German tank problem |
| Summary |
Exploring Surveys and Information from Samples is one of four books in the Quantitative Literacy series. The books were written through a collaborative effort of teachers and statisticians. The result is a series that covers the statistical concepts most important to students and uses that covers the statistical concepts most important to students and uses field-tested methods for teaching these concepts. The Quantitative Literacy Series makes it possible to teachers to introduce the most up-to-date topics in statistics and probability into their middle school and high school classrooms. -- from back cover |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Teacher's edition also available |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 87-88 |
| Subject |
Sampling (Statistics)
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Sampling (Statistics) -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Statistics.
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Surveys -- Statistical methods -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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| Author |
Swift, Jim
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Watkins, A. E. (Ann E.)
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| ISBN |
0866513396 |
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