Statistics: Concepts and Controversies

by David S. Moore

David Moore and William Notz’s Concepts and Controversies (SCC) introduces liberal arts majors to statistical ideas—and shows them how use those ideas to think about the statistical claims they see every day from polls, campaigns, advertising, public policy, and many different fields of study. The ultimate goal is to equip students with solid statistical reasoning skills that will help them understand impact of statistics on all aspects of our lives.

The new edition offers SCC’s signature combination of engaging cases, real-life examples and exercises, helpful pedagogy, rich full-color design, and innovative media learning tools, all significantly updated.

Genres: Textbooks, Mathematics, Nonfiction, Education

672 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

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David S. Moore is (retired) Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Emeritus Professor of statistics at Purdue University (Lafayette, IN).

Reviews

[Jimyanni · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book accomplishes what it sets out to accomplish admirably; it sets out the basic concepts of statistics with as little reliance on Math as possible, to give students who are not Math-oriented an idea of the subject.

If you are Math-oriented, and already know a bit about statistics, you will not learn much here. But that is not the fault of the book; it is not intended to teach someone with a grounding in the subject, any more than it is a flaw of an intro Biology textbook that it doesn't teach Organic Chemistry.

I have a couple of minor quibbles about this book, but they're really too minor to mention, and are certainly too minor to dock it a star for.

[Edie Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

STAT 1350 is a college course. Now I know that I'm too old. What happened to dozens of problems to work? At least my kids like it.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

What can you say about this "book". It leads to a website a student has access to for one semester. You learn about Stats. It does a good job of explaining concepts. You take deep breaths for patience, look away from the sunny afternoon outside, and step through the concepts. And then you get an 'A' in the class.

[Samantha]

Great intro to statistics for everyday purposes such as understanding health research or evaluating whether they're being used well in the news.