KEY BENEFIT: Michael Sullivan's Fundamentals of Statistics, Third Edition, was written to address the everyday challenges Mike faces teaching statistics. Almost every aspect of the book was tested in his classroom to ensure that it truly helps students learn better. Mike skillfully connects statistical concepts to students' lives, helping them to think critically, become informed consumers, and make better decisions. If you are looking for a streamlined textbook that will help students think statistically and become more informed consumers through analyzing data, then Sullivan's Fundamentals of Statistics, Third Edition, is the book for you. KEY TOPICS: GETTING THE INFORMATION YOU NEED, Data Collection; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, Creating Tables and Drawing Pictures of Data, Numerically Summarizing Data, Describing the Relation Between Two Variables; PROBABILITY AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS, Probability, Discrete Probability Distributions, The Normal Probability Distribution; INFERENCE-FROM SAMPLES TO POPULATION, Sampling Distributions, Estimating the Value of a Parameter Using Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Tests Regarding a Parameter, Inference on Two Samples, Additional Inferential Procedures; Lines, Confidence Intervals about a Population Standard Deviation, Hypothesis Tests for a Population Standard Deviation, Comparing Three or More Means (One-Way Analysis of Variance) MARKET: For all readers interested in introductory statistics.