Product Description: This text focuses only on the essentials. It presents material in a traditional framework, but with a modern tone and a strong computer flavor (computer use is optional, however). The text places consistent emphasis on real data and graphical analysis...read more

ELEMENTARY STATISTICS, Eighth Edition offers comprehensive coverage of elementary statistics in a language that speaks to today's students. This text goes beyond formulas, offering 'real-world' data and examples that present statistics as a useful tool in real-world applications, e.g. physical and social sciences, business, and engineering. The authors promote the learning of statistics in a context that relates to personal experience. ELEMENTARY STATISTICS features modern ideas by integrating the use of computer output and instruction for every exercise.