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Donald Davis, William Armstrong, Mike McCraith

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WebAssign for Davis/Armstrong/McCraith\u2019s PreStatistics, 1st Edition, is a flexible and fully customizable online instructional solution that puts powerful tools in the hands of instructors, enabling you to deploy assignments, instantly assess individual student and class performance and help your students master the course concepts. With WebAssign\u2019s powerful digital platform and PreStatistics-specific content, you can tailor your course with a wide range of assignment settings, add your own questions and content and access student and course analytics and communication tools.

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Donald Davis

Don Davis earned his Bachelor of Science degree in education from Bowling Green State University and his Master of Science degree in mathematics from Ohio University. Don currently teaches at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio where he has served as mathematics department chairman, chairman of the college’s excellence in teaching committee, and is a recipient of the college’s Excellence in Teaching Award. In his spare time, Don enjoys the sport of race walking and considers himself an IndyCar and Formula One aficionado.

William Armstrong

Bill Armstrong earned his Bachelor of Science and his Master of Arts degrees in mathematics from The Ohio State University. Bill is currently a professor at Lakeland Community College. While at Lakeland, Bill has served as mathematics department chairman, served on numerous committees, started the successful Faculty Liaison Student-Athlete committee, and served as the first advisor for the Actively Caring for People student group. Bill has been a two-time recipient of Lakeland’s Excellence in Teaching Award. When not making videos for his classes or writing, Bill can be found spending time with his wife and beagle, playing pickleball, coaching youth football, or keeping up with Cleveland’s sports teams as well as Ohio State’s sports teams.

Mike McCraith

Mike McCraith earned his associate's degree at Lakeland Community College, having both Don Davis and Bill Armstrong as instructors. Mike has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Cleveland State University and a Master of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky. After four years teaching at Joliet Junior College, he is currently a professor at Cuyahoga Community College. When not working on books, Mike thoroughly enjoys snuggling with his huskies, playing video games and studying all things Italian.

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Table of Contents

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1. Arithmetic Operations used in Statistics. Rounding Numbers. Types of Numbers and the Number Line. Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages. Operations with Fractions. Absolute, Relative, and Percent Error. Scientific Notation and E-Notation. Read and Use Mathematical Tables.
2. Algebraic Expressions used in Statistics and Basics of Solving Equations. Translating English into Algebra: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities. Order of Operations and Evaluating Numerical Expressions. Basics of Solving Linear Equations.
3. Equations, Inequalities and Problem Solving Techniques. Solving Equations used in Statistics. Inequalities, Interval Notation and Plus/Minus Notation. Solving Absolute Value Inequalities. Introduction to Problem Solving. Literal Equations.
4. Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables. Properties of Rectangular Coordinate System. Interpretation of Graphs. Graphing Linear Equations. Slope and Marginal Change. Equations of Lines in Statistics.
5. Sets, Counting and Sums. Fundamentals of Sets. Cardinality of Sets. Principles of Counting.
Writing and Computing Sums.
6. Functions and Area Under Functions. Introduction to Functions. Linear and Piecewise Defined Functions. Area Under a Constant Function. Area Under a Linear Function.
7. Survey of Functions used in Statistics. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. Rational Exponent and Power Functions. Multivariable Linear Functions.

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PreStatistics

ISBN: 9781337695411
PRESTATISTICS prepares students for statistics with a three-step problem-solving process that shows them how to identify the method needed to solve a given problem, use mathematics to find a numerical result and interpret that result. Suitable for any content delivery method -- traditional, online, hybrid or flipped -- the text offers 900 videos including screencast lectures, example video solutions, quick-check exercise walkthroughs and WatchIts that enable your students to learn how they want to learn. Authors Davis, Armstrong and McCraith highlight why each section's concepts are useful to learn and engage students with many real-data applications. Available with WebAssign, a flexible and fully customizable online solution that enables you to deploy assignments and instantly assess individual student and class performance and help students prepare for class with confidence.