Beginning Statistics
by Douglas S. Shafer, Zhiyi Zhang
Publisher: lardbucket.org 2014
Number of pages: 716
Description:
This book is meant to be a textbook for a standard one-semester introductory statistics course for general education students. Our motivation for writing it is twofold: 1.) to provide a low-cost alternative to many existing popular textbooks on the market; and 2.) to provide a quality textbook on the subject with a focus on the core material of the course in a balanced presentation.
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