The second edition of this text for students without mathematics background is designed as a balanced and modern approach to data analysis, data production and inference; and has an emphasis on clear explanations rather than formal mathematics or recipes. New features include revised exercises and examples, marginal "nuggets", four-colour design, graphical chapter summaries and an interactive CD-ROM with the book.

Table of Contents

Introduction - statistical thinking. Part 1 Understanding data: examining distribution; examining relationships; producing data. Part 2 Understanding inference: probability and sampling distribution; probability theory; introduction to inference; inference for distribution; inference for proportions. Part 3 Topics in inference: inference for two-way tables; one-way analyses of variance - comparing several means; inference for regression; nonparametric tests (available on the CD-ROM only).