Statistics: The Exploration & Analysis of Data (Available Titles Aplia)
by Roxy Peck and Jay L. Devore
Brooks / Cole | January 2011 | ISBN-10: 0840058012 | PDF | 816 pages | 37.9 mb 
http://www.amazon.com/Statistics-Exploration-Analysis-Available-Titles/dp/0840058012

This book introduces you to the study of statistics and data analysis by using real data and attention-grabbing examples. The authors guide you through an intuition-based learning process that stresses interpretation and communication of statistical information. Simple notation--including the frequent substitution of words for symbols--helps you grasp concepts and cement your comprehension.

1. THE ROLE OF STATISTICS AND THE DATA ANALYSIS PROCESS.
2. COLLECTING DATA SENSIBLY.
3. GRAPHICAL METHODS FOR DESCRIBING DATA
4. NUMERICAL METHODS FOR DESCRIBING DATA
5. SUMMARIZING BIVARIATE DATA
6. PROBABILITY.8. SAMPLING VARIABILITY AND SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION
9. ESTIMATION USING A SINGLE SAMPLE
10. HYPOTHESIS TESTING USING A SINGLE SAMPLE
11. COMPARING TWO POPULATIONS OR TREATMENTS
12. THE ANALYSIS OF CATEGORICAL DATA AND GOODNESS-OF-FIT TESTS
13. SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION AND CORRELATION: INFERENTIAL METHODS
14. MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS
15. ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE.
16. NONPARAMETRIC (DISTRIBUTION-FREE STATISTICAL METHODS (ONLINE)

About the Authors
Jay Devore received a B.S. in Engineering Science from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University. He previously taught at the University of Florida and Oberlin College, and has had visiting positions at Stanford, Harvard, the University of Washington, and New York University. He has been at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo since 1977, where he is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Statistics. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and received the Distinguished Teaching Award from Cal Poly in 1991. His recreational interests include reading, playing tennis, traveling, and cooking and eating good food.
Roxy Peck is Associate Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics and Professor of Statistics at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Roxy has been on the faculty at Cal Poly since 1979, serving for six years as Chair of the Statistics Department prior to becoming Associate Dean. She received an M.S. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Applied Statistics from the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Peck is nationally known in the area of statistics education, and in 2003 she received the American Statistical Association's Founder's Award, recognizing her contributions to K-12 and undergraduate statistics education. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and an elected member of the International Statistics Institute.