mathematical statistics

A group of children learn about representing and interpreting data while playing sports and games on field day.

Showing readers how to put math to work in their day-to-day activities, this book describes how graphs can be used to track data on endangered animals.

A collection of games and activities designed to help students improve their understanding of graphs and statistics.

A preparation guide for the Advanced Placement exam in statistics that provides an overview of key topics, sample questions, test-taking strategies, one diagnostic test, and five full-length practice exams.

Traces the history and development of probability and statistics from its origins in the Renaissance to its twenty-first-century applications, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Studies the similarities between stories and numbers and discusses how scientists are starting to deal with social, political, and economical situations with mathematical solutions.

Presents an examination of the history of the use of visual graphs in the presentation of information, from its eighteenth century origins in art, logic, to the graphic explosion of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, where communication shifted from words to pictures.

Discusses entrepreneurial mathematics, or the harnessing of private data provided by consumers when they use credit cards, donate money, or access the Internet, for the purpose of tailoring marketing and sales efforts toward individuals under the guise of making life easier.

Introduces the theories and formulas of statistics and probability, profiles significant individuals in the mathematical fields, and offers visual summaries of concepts.