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Introductory Statistics

Authors

Barbara Illowsky
De Anza College
Susan Dean
De Anza College

Contributors

Laurel Chiappetta
University of Pittsburgh
Lenore Desilets
De Anza College
Lisa Markus
De Anza College
Mary Teegarden
San Diego Mesa College
Bryan Blount
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Carol Olmstead
De Anza College
Carol Weideman
St. Petersburg College
Charles Ashbacher
Upper Iowa University, Cedar Rapids
Charles Klein
De Anza College
Cheryl Wartman
University of Prince Edward Island
David French
Tidewater Community College
Dennis Walsh
Middle Tennessee State University
Diane Mathios
De Anza College
John Thomas
College of Lake County
Jing Chang
College of Saint Mary
Sara Lenhart
Christopher Newport University
Sarah Boslaugh
Kennesaw State University
Abdulhamid Sukar
Cameron University
Abraham Biggs
Broward Community College
Adam Pennell
Greensboro College
Alexander Kolovos
Ann Flanigan
Kapiolani Community College
Robert McDevitt
Germanna Community College
Roberta Bloom
De Anza College
Rupinder Sekhon
De Anza College
Sheldon Lee
Viterbo University
Sheri Boyd
Rollins College
Sudipta Roy
Kankakee Community College
Sheldon Lee
Viterbo University
Cindy Moss
Skyline College
Ernest Bonat
Portland Community College
Kathy Plum
De Anza College
Andrew Wiesner
Pennsylvania State University
Jonathan Oaks
Macomb Community College
Michael Greenwich
College of Southern Nevada
Miriam Masullo
SUNY Purchase
Mo Geraghty
De Anza College
Larry Green
Lake Tahoe Community College
Nydia Nelson
St. Petersburg College
Philip J. Verrecchia
York College of Pennsylvania
Robert Henderson
Stephen F. Austin State University
Benjamin Ngwudike
Jackson State University
Matthew Einsohn
Prescott College
Mel Jacobsen
Snow College
Birgit Aquilonius
West Valley College
Jim Lucas
De Anza College
Daniel Birmajer
Nazareth College
David Bosworth
Hutchinson Community College
Frank Snow
De Anza College
George Bratton
University of Central Arkansas
Inna Grushko
De Anza College
Janice Hector
De Anza College
Javier Rueda
De Anza College
Jeffery Taub
Maine Maritime Academy
Jim Helmreich
Marist College
Lisa Rosenberg
Elon University
Lynnette Kenyon
Collin County Community College
Mark Mills
Central College
Mary Jo Kane
De Anza College
Travis Short
St. Petersburg College
Valier Hauber
De Anza College
Vladimir Logvenenko
De Anza College
Wendy Lightheart
Lane Community College
Yvonne Sandoval
Pima Community College
Edition 1
(rev. 4688)

Introductory Statistics follows scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester introduction to statistics course and is geared toward students majoring in fields other than math or engineering. The text assumes some knowledge of intermediate algebra and focuses on statistics application over theory. Introductory Statistics includes innovative practical applications that make the text relevant and accessible, as well as collaborative exercises, technology integration problems, and statistics labs.

Introductory Statistics by OpenStax is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.

To purchase a print version of this textbook, please visit openstax.org.

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