Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown by Roxy L. Peck, George Casella, George W. Cobb

Synopsis

Published in partnership with the American Statistical Association, this collection of essays shows how statistics is used in the court room and in the gene lab, in the war on spam, and in predicting the quality of wine or the migration of bees. Real tools for applying statistics to different fields, including surveys, experiments, and observational studies, are featured in each essay. Essays are written in engaging language accessible to undergraduate and graduate students, and include chapter questions. The book includes a few color photos and maps. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Biography

Roxy Peck is Associate Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics and Professor of Statistics at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Roxy has been on the faculty at Cal Poly since 1979, serving for six years as Chair of the Statistics Department prior to becoming Associate Dean. She received an M.S. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Applied Statistics from the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Peck is nationally known in the area of statistics education, and in 2003 she received the American Statistical Association's Founder's Award, recognizing her contributions to K-12 and undergraduate statistics education. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and an elected member of the International Statistics Institute. Dr. Peck has recently completed five years as the Chief Reader for the AP Statistics Exam, and currently chairs the American Statistical Association's Joint Committee with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability for Grades K-12. In addition to being co-editor of STATISTICAL CASE STUDIES: A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACADEME AND INDUSTRY, Dr. Peck is the co-author of STATISTICS: THE EXPLORATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA, Fifth Edition and INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS, Second Edition. Outside the classroom and the office, Dr. Peck likes to travel and spends her spare time reading mystery novels. She also collects Navajo rugs, and heads to New Mexico whenever she can find the time.