The high school statistics course is often the first applied math course students take. The focus is on the statistical thinking behind data gathering and interpretation. Designed to be read, the book takes a data analysis approach that emphasizes conceptual understanding over computation, while recognizing that some computation is necessary. Statistics Through Applications (STA) is the only text written specifically for high school statistics course. New resources, including a robust online homework program and an extensively revised TestBank, give teachers and students everything they need to realize success on the exam and in the course. It combines a data analysis approach with the power of technology, innovative pedagogy, and an extensive support program built entirely for the sixth edition. With the expert authorship of high school AP® Statistics veterans, Daren Starnes and Josh Tabor and their supporting team of AP® teacher/leaders, The Practice of Statistics, Sixth edition (TPS6) has been crafted to follow the topical outline of the AP® Statistics course with careful attention paid to the style, nomenclature, and language used on the AP® Statistics exam. The Practice of Statistics is the most trusted program for AP® Statistics because it provides teachers and students with everything they need to be successful in the statistics course and on the AP® Exam. It provides worked-out examples to help students fully understand and use their graphing calculator UPDATED Version of The Practice of Statistics
Organized to follow the sequence of topics in the text, this manual is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide on how to use the TI-83/84 Plus and TI-89 graphing calculators. This edition incorporates a number of first-time features to help students prepare for the AP exam, plus more simulations and statistical thinking help, and instructions for the TI-89 graphic calculator." Graphing Calculator Manual for Stats - Modeling the World Tailored to mirror the AP Statistics course, "The Practice of Statistics" became a classroom favorite. Stats in Your World Stats - Modeling the World The Practice of Statistics Instructors praise "Stats Modeling the World" as clear and accessible to students, and students report that they enjoy reading the text while learning how to do Statistics with the "Think, Show, "and "Tell "rubric and "What Can Go Wrong?" sections.
Students understand what we find in data, why we find it interesting, and how we report it to others as a sound foundation for the challenges of inference. By leading with practical data analysis and graphics, "Stats: Modeling the World" gets students " doing statistics" and " thinking statistically" from the start.