Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown

By Tanur and Judith M. Tanur

STATISTICS: A GUIDE TO THE UNKNOWN offers a collection of intriguing essays that describe the important applications of statistics and probability. Instead of teaching methods, the essays illustrate past accomplishments and current uses of statistics and probability. Examples of surveys, questionnaires, experiments, and observational studies help you better understand the importance of and the influence of statistics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534066666
• ISBN13: 9780534066666
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Thomson Brooks/Cole

Customer Reviews

Great book for AP Stats!

As an AP Statistics teacher, these articles really help students understand how statistics is used in the real world. Nice follow up questions at the end of each article.

No other book gets students as excited about statistics

I've used examples from this book in every research design, evaluation or statistics course I have ever taught. The essays are compelling -- how a statistician beats a parking ticket, how the whales are counted, the biggest health experiment ever conducted. I actually see students eyes light up and they catch the joy and excitement of detection, wit, thinking outside the box, the humility of guessing rather than knowing. The book is a sheer pleasure. Bravo to the authors.