1. Edwards, Allen L.
Statistical Analysis
. New York. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. 1969.
Readable and without heavy theory. Good examples.
2. Mason, Robert D.
Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics
. Homewood, IL. Richard D. Irwin, Inc. 1978.
Good applications. Chapter 11 (An Introduction to Statistical Inference) takes a relatively informal approach to sampling and confidence limits.
3. National Council Of Supervisors of Mathematics. “Ten Basic Skill Areas”. Milwaukee, WI. HCSM. 1977.
This is what school mathematics should be about.
4. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Teaching Statistics
and probability
(1981 Yearbook). Reston, VA. NCTM. 1981.
A very useful collection of course samples, activities, applications and more. Chapters 3, 7, 25, and 26 offer specific ideas related to sampling.
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Mathematics for the Middle Grades (5-9)
(1982 Yearbook).
Excellent activities, several of which involve descriptive statistics.
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The Agenda in Action
(1983 Yearbook).
Several articles outline statistics activities.
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An Agenda for Action: Recommendations for School
Mathematics of the 1980s
.
The recommendations for reform include statistics.
8. Runyon, Richard p. and Audrey Haber.
Fundamentals of Behavioral
Statistics
. Reading, MA. Addison-Wesley publishing Company. 1984.
Readable, nontheoretical college statistics text. Good examples drawn from the behavioral sciences.
Primarily for students:
9. Herrick, Marian Cliffe, Jane Zartman and Thomas R. Conrow, Jr.
Mathematics for Achievement Individualized Course 2, Book 8 Introducing Statistics
. Boston, MA. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1972.
Excellent worksheets guiding activities in basic descriptive statistics.
10. Johnson Donovan A. et al.
Sampling and Statistics
. Glenview, IL. Scott, Foresman and Company. 1972.
Lessons 2 and 3 provide sampling exercises.
11. Srivastava, Jane Jonas.
Statistics
. New York. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1973.
Readable, entertaining, activity-oriented book aimed at middle grade children.