Over 30% New Exercises and Examples, representing the full range of contemporary biology (including physiology, brain and behavior, epidemiology, health and medicine, nutrition, ecology, and microbiology)
Up-to-date Data Throughout to match the book’s modern examples and exercises
Increased Emphasis on Technology throughout without sacrificing coverage of the printed tables-approach to solving several statistical tests
New Feature, “This Chapter in Context,” links each chapter with coverage in previous chapters, providing a helpful continuity for the course
New Discussion of Data Entry and Verification in Ch. 1, “Picturing Distributions with Graphs”
- 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 witha 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 PSLS3e.
- CrunchIT!—W. H. Freeman’s online statistical software program based on R