Engage your students' natural curiosity and motivate them to learn statistics with the intriguing questions, interesting examples and meaningful explanations in Utts/Heckard's MIND ON STATISTICS, 6th Edition. This edition focuses on interpreting results, encouraging students to develop statistical intuition. The authors place the conceptual development of statistical ideas into context, highlighting the importance of looking for -- and finding -- meaning in data that impacts daily life. Student develop statistical literacy while learning the statistical methodology taught in introductory courses. For example, hypothesis testing is now presented as a method for guiding decision-making rather than as a method for achieving statistical significance. The authors also explain common misunderstandings and provide tips for making sense of statistics in the news. In addition, WebAssign provides a Statistical Analysis and Learning Tool (SALT) to help students gain a deeper understanding of statistics.
