Introduces probability models and the foundations of sampling distributions.
Statistics is often misunderstood as a collection of formulas and calculations. However, at its core, statistics is a way of thinking, reasoning, and communicating. It is the science of learning from data. "Statistical thinking" is a philosophy of learning and action that recognizes the omnipresence of variation in processes and systems. at its core
The text emphasizes practical application through 12 chapters: statistics is a way of thinking