Statistics with a Sense of Humor: A Humorous Workbook & Guide to Study Skills

by Fred Pyrczak

Book Overview

- In the worksheets, students obtain answers to humorous riddles if their work is correct. If the answer to a riddle does not make sense, they know to check their work.

- Easy to coordinate with all major statistics textbooks because each exercise covers only a limited number of statistics.

- All major topics are included--from calculating percentages to conducting a one-way ANOVA.

- Over 40 humorously illustrated, interactive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962374407
• ISBN13: 9780962374401
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent supplement and source for homework problems

While this book could not possibly be used as a textbook for a basic statistics class, it has significant promise as a supplement. It could be used as the source of homework problems that would not only be challenging, but also fun to complete. There are 58 different problems covering a wide range of statistical concepts. It begins with a review of basic mathematics principles such as order of operations and variable manipulation and goes through data sets, standard normal curve, regression, hypothesis testing, chi square, ANOVA and non-parametric tests. There is a question at the start of each problem, some of which are: *) What do you get if you cross a jeweler and a plumber? *) Why did the muffler person quit her job? *) What is in the "honeymoon salad?" The answer to the riddle is found by working through the problems and then mapping the solutions to letters or words. There is a companion answer key for instructors. Before each problem there is a page devoted to a tip for success in statistics. They are fairly standard, some of which are: *) Read the problem carefully, making sure you understand each word. *) Don't assume that because the number appears on the calculator that it is automatically right. *) Where appropriate, work the problem on graph paper. This book could be used to teach statistics at both the high school and college levels. From my experience teaching education majors, I think that they would find it especially interesting and fun to work through.