Math
1107 Course Documentation
CJ Alverson
Essential
Statistics (1st edition), by David S. Moore is the standard textbook for the
course. Here is the linkage between this
text and our course.
Intro Stats(2nd edition), by De Veaux,
Velleman and Bock is the immediately previous textbook
for the course. Here is the linkage between this
text and our course.
Elementary
Statistics (9th edition or Excel 2nd edition), by MF Triola
is previous textbook for the course. Here is the linkage
between this text and our course.
Here is a
list of nice books - but you do not have to read (or buy) any of them. The KSU Bookstore might not
stock all of them. There are other bookstores, where you can find or order
these titles. There are also online services like amazon.com, which lets you order
titles online.
Larry Gonick's and Woolcott Smith's Cartoon
Guide to Statistics is a friendly introduction to the subject.
David S. Moore's Statistics:Concepts
and Controversies is a nice book which hits the design issues in an
understandable way.
Statistics, by Freedman, Pisani, Purves and Adhikari is a nice book, used by the department in the
early 1990s.
Statistics by
Example,
by Sincich, is a former textbook for this course.
While we will not be using this book, it explains a large amount of material
effectively.
The Broken
Dice,
by Ivar Ekeland is a deep
little book for the well-read student. It connects Probability and Statistics
to History, Theology, Physics, Philosophy and other topics. This is a beautiful
little book.
How to Lie
with Statistics, by Darrell Huff is notably dated, but gives a great "street
level" view of statistical issues.
REA has a series of problem solvers: the
problem solvers for Probability
and Statistics are
good.