Publisher's Synopsis
This work is the product of a DES funded project at Sheffield University. Intended principally for use as a sixth form text, it introduces the various topics within A level statistics syllabuses through practical experiments. The emphasis throughout is on finding a statistical model to fit the situation under observation, and the book thus promotes an understanding of the application of statistics as well as motivating the student to master the theory.;It is structured in such a way that teachers can select those chapters which are relevant to their syllabuses. This makes it suitable also for courses such as AS and B/TEC as well as for other subjects in which statistical techniques are extensively used such as geography, biology and business studies.
