Representing a practical user-oriented approach to teaching statistics, this book uses Australian data and aims to offer non-maths students a comprehensive guide to the subject.
Introductory Mathematics and Statistics, sixth edition, revised is the only Australian statistics book that includes a primer on basic maths to ensure a successful start to the study of statistics. Croucher demonstrates the relevance of mathematics and statistics in making decisions in day-to-day commercial situations. Numerous contemporary examples and pictorial presentations of data are provided to illustrate real world application of statistics. The content has been thoroughly revised and updated using modern data and a detailed description of difficult concepts. Introductory Mathematics and Statistics 6re provides an effective grounding of mathematical and statistical methods.
Second edition of this textbook directed to those working in business, management and commerce. Divided into 20 chapters, with each chapter outlining the theoretical basis for the topic followed by practical examples. Examples are designed to show the relevance of mathematics and statistics in commercial decision making. Each chapter has quick quiz and multiple choice questions, with solutions provided. The author is associate professor of statistics at Macquarie University.
The first biography of the remarkable Janet Taylor, a nineteenth-century navigator and mathematician who left an incredible mark on the male-dominated field of sea navigation
There are few topics more guaranteed to stir human emotions than romance. Whether you are in a wonderful relationship, have loved and lost, given up in frustration or are simply still looking, it's a fair bet that love, or the pursuit of it, is never that far from your thoughts. Success in finding the 'perfect' partner sometimes seem to depend ......
The long-standing Number Crunch newspaper column is a weekly bite of diverse but always fascinating stats and facts. This compendium is the first in a series (volume 2 will be available for Christmas) of books that bring together the very best of the facts, feats and stats discovered by author John Croucher over many years of compiling the column. This edition is completely revised and updated from the 2006 Macmillan edition (simply called 'Number Crunch' and includes a fresh new suite of cartoons by Roger Harvey. Eighteen Months on the Toilet, by the way, refers to the length of time an average person will spend on the loo in their lifetime (allowing 8 hours a day off for sleeping): over 8,000 hours.
The long-standing Number Crunch newspaper column in TheAge and Sydney Morning Herald is a weekly bite ofdiverse, but always fascinating, stats and facts. Thiscompendium is the second in a series of books that bringtogether the very best of the facts, feats and statsdiscovered by author John Croucher over many years ofcompiling the ......
This warm and lively biography provides insight not just into the life of Alf Pollard, but also into Australian life from the 1920s right through to the 1990s. Born almost 100 years ago in Melbourne, Alf Pollard spent most of his childhood on Norfolk Island where his family leased a banana plantation. Despite having virtually no education in his early years, Pollard’s tenacity and natural intelligence saw him top the state in the NSW Leaving Certificate and graduate from university with honours. He later gained a Masters degree and a PhD, and at age 23 became one of the youngest people ever to qualify as an actuary. A brilliant businessman, Pollard became Deputy General Manager of the MLC in 1954, aged just 37, but was later controversially embroiled in the scandalous H.G. Palmer affair that led to his forced resignation from the MLC in January 1966. He was later appointed as the Foundation Professor in Economic Statistics at Macquarie University, where he founded the first university actuarial program in the world. Pollard received many awards during his lifetime, including an Order of Australia, NSW Father of the Year and a prestigious Doctor of Science degree. He served on the boards of many companies, and helped save both the Sydney Eisteddfod and the Wesley Mission from bankruptcy.
Professor John Croucher gives an account of the first and continuing history of the first peoples to live in the region now known as New South Wales, as well as its history from the days of British settlement and its more recent history, of the waves of other immigrants who have made New South Wales their home. Each section in the book focuses on a different cultural or historical aspect which is examined thoroughly from the beginnings of British settlement. The complete development of the state is told, weaving through these various areas of focus, along with the important people and events. Remarkable pioneers have helped shape not only the state but the country as a whole and their voices, some coming to us via oral history, others via historical documents, make fascinating reading.
This warm and lively biography provides insight not just into the life of Alf Pollard, but also into Australian life from the 1920s right through to the 1990s. Born almost 100 years ago in Melbourne, Alf Pollard spent most of his childhood on Norfolk Island where his family leased a banana plantation. Despite having virtually no education in his early years, Pollard’s tenacity and natural intelligence saw him top the state in the NSW Leaving Certificate and graduate from university with honours. He later gained a Masters degree and a PhD, and at age 23 became one of the youngest people ever to qualify as an actuary. A brilliant businessman, Pollard became Deputy General Manager of the MLC in 1954, aged just 37, but was later controversially embroiled in the scandalous H.G. Palmer affair that led to his forced resignation from the MLC in January 1966. He was later appointed as the Foundation Professor in Economic Statistics at Macquarie University, where he founded the first university actuarial program in the world. Pollard received many awards during his lifetime, including an Order of Australia, NSW Father of the Year and a prestigious Doctor of Science degree. He served on the boards of many companies, and helped save both the Sydney Eisteddfod and the Wesley Mission from bankruptcy.
Introductory Mathematics and Statistics, sixth edition, revised is the only Australian statistics book that includes a primer on basic maths to ensure a successful start to the study of statistics. Croucher demonstrates the relevance of mathematics and statistics in making decisions in day-to-day commercial situations. Numerous contemporary examples and pictorial presentations of data are provided to illustrate real world application of statistics. The content has been thoroughly revised and updated using modern data and a detailed description of difficult concepts. Introductory Mathematics and Statistics 6re provides an effective grounding of mathematical and statistical methods.
Second edition of this textbook directed to those working in business, management and commerce. Divided into 20 chapters, with each chapter outlining the theoretical basis for the topic followed by practical examples. Examples are designed to show the relevance of mathematics and statistics in commercial decision making. Each chapter has quick quiz and multiple choice questions, with solutions provided. The author is associate professor of statistics at Macquarie University.
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