Statistics, first published in 1978, set a new stan­dard for introductory books. The third edition improves the exposition at crucial places. Many of the data sets are new, and there are 200 new exer­cises that deal with many studies of current inter­est. The topics and order of presentation remain the same, as does the flavor of the text.

Statistics is written in clear, everyday language, without the equations that baffle non-mathematical readers. The goal is teaching students how to think about statistical issues. Techniques are introduced through examples showing how statistics has helped solve major problems in education, genet­ics, medicine, physics, political science, psycholo­gy, and other fields.