30% New Examples and Exercises, representing a more diverse range of real-world situations than ever, including more from international settings.
Up-to-date Data Sets to match this edition’s examples, and exercises
Bulleted list of objectives for each chapter section, to help students identify the main points of the section and recall key topics
New section of Poisson distribution (Ch. 5, Sampling Distributions) to meet the growing demand for coverage of this topic
Revised Coverage of Bootstrapping (Ch. 16) using R as the primary output example
Updated Media via StatsPortal, including:
Updated! LearningCurve—game-like adaptive quizzing motivates students to engage with the course, while reporting tools help instructors track progress and shape their course
Revised! StatTutors—the new format for these interactive tutorials includes integrated assessment and assignability, along with a bright new interface
Updated! Applets— Now in HTML5 to work across platforms, with a new assignable and assessment-oriented “Quiz Me” function
New! Stepped Tutorials—algorithmically generated quizzes for each chapter, with step-by-step feedback
Expanded! StatClips—including five new tutorials from creator Alan Dabney, Professor at Texas A&M University
New! Video Tech Manuals—available online to help students use standard statistical software and technology while working with IPS 8e
CrunchIT!—W. H. Freeman’s online statistical software program based on R