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Life of Fred: Statistics Expanded Edition
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053600
ISBN
9781937032548
Grade 11-AD
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Description
Publisher's Description of Life of Fred: Statistics Expanded Edition
This book contains more statistics than is usually taught in a college course. It covers...
- Descriptive Statistics (averages, measures of dispersion, types of distributions)
- Probability
- Bayes' Theorem
- From a Given Population Determine What Samples Will Look Like (7 tests)
- Techniques of Sampling
- From a Given Sample Determine What the Population Was (14 tests)
- Determine Whether Two Given Samples Came From the Same Population (15 tests)
- Working With Three or More Samples (10 tests)
- Emergency Statistics Guide
- Regression Equations
- Field Guide
- 16 Tables
Unlike most other math
programs, this one also has:
• One morning in the life of Fred in which he encounters the need for each of
the 46 tests
• The flowcharts in the Emergency Statistics Guide lead you quickly to which
test to use, which table to read and where to find the test described in detail
in the book
• Each test is catalogued in detail on a separate page in the Field Guide
Easy-to-read tables
All answers are included in the textbook.
Life of Fred Statistics is a hardcover textbook containing 576 pages. This book is not consumable. All answers are written on separate paper or in a notebook.
Number of Lessons: One year of college statistics. This book is not broken up into lessons. For high school seniors, finishing the first five chapters (203 pages) will give a solid grounding in statistics.
Category Description for Life of Fred
Life of Fred (LOF) is an unconventional series of math texts that seem accessible and friendly, especially for students who dislike traditional programs. According to Dr. Schmidt, the author, this series is designed to teach you the math you need to know without repetition, redundancy, and a multitude of problems to work. LOF follows the storyline of Fred's life while incorporating solid math concepts and skills. Motivated or independent students will appreciate this series, as well as gifted math students who might need a challenge. Written to the student and intended to be self-teaching, the author prefers that students use these with very little help from you, so they can learn to study and understand on their own. Even the solutions (found in the text) are addressed to the student. In fact, there's a lot of actual instruction in the solutions, which students should read after trying to solve problems on their own. Math in a story context can sometimes make more sense to students than stand-alone math concepts - especially if it's an entertaining story! Students do two books per year up through pre-algebra; beginning with algebra, one book per year.
Details
| Product Format: | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 11-AD |
| Brand: | Z-twist Books |
| ISBN: | 9781937032548 |
| Length in Inches: | 10.25 |
| Width in Inches: | 7.25 |
| Height in Inches: | 1.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 3.1 |
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Rated 4 out of 5
May 12, 2021
Very happy with one caution.
My 18 year old has benefited greatly from this course. He said it is usable, enjoyable, and easy to understand. However, he has come across two inappropriate things in the book that i wish were not there. One is a pencil drawing of the back of a nude woman. It is as tasteful as it can be, but I would rather not have it at all in my teenager's math book. The other is a question in the one of the stories about exchanging money for sex. It seems like the book would have taught statistics just as well without these two items being included in the book. Other than those two items, we are very happy with the book.
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Is this 'independent study' friendly? It says answers are provided but not the solution? This is being considered for independent coursework.
Yes. Solutions are provided for all the lessons, but only answers for the tests.
I wanted the expanded edition which has extra math problems worked though to show the step by step. And it has no separate book with answers. Answers included in expanded edition.
My homeschool accountability group recommended it.
My daughter has a learning disability and I heard good things.
I have happily used the series up to decimals and wanted to have a complete set through High School.