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Stats Means Business: Statistics and Business Analytics for Business, Hospitality and Tourism
by John Buglear Elaine ChenStats Means Business is an introductory and comprehensive textbook written especially for hospitality, business and tourism students who take statistics or quantitative methods modules. By minimising technical language, providing clear definitions of key terms and giving emphasis to interpretation rather than technique, this book caters to beginners in the subject.This book enables readers to appreciate the importance of statistical analysis in hospitality, tourism and other fields of business, understand statistical techniques, develop judgement in the selection of appropriate statistical techniques and interpret the results of statistical analysis.This new edition has been fully revised and updated to include: New content on business analytics Case studies demonstrating practical applications An extensive selection of new self-test questions Updated online teaching and learning resources Stats Means Business is an ideal, accessible and practical introduction to statistics and quantitative research methods for hospitality, business and tourism students.
Stats and Curiosities
by Harvard Business ReviewFascinating stats... useful tips... entertaining topics.Did you know that to make a task seem easier, all you have to do is lean back a little? Or that retail salespeople who mimic the way their customers speak and behave end up selling more?If you like stats like this, are intrigued by ideas, and find connecting the dots to be a critical part of your skill set-this book is for you.Culled from Harvard Business Review's popular newsletter, The Daily Stat, this book offers a compelling look at insights that both amuse and inform. Covering such managerial topics as teams, marketing, workplace psychology, and leadership, you'll find a wide range of business statistics and general curiosities and oddities about professional life that will add an element of trivia and humor to your learning (and will make you appear smarter than your colleagues).Highly quotable and surprisingly useful, Stats and Curiosities: From Harvard Business Review will keep you on the front lines of business research-and ahead of the pack at work.
Stats in Your World
by Richard D. De Veaux Paul F. Velleman David E. Bock Thomas J. Mariano“This text presents Statistics as a key tool for thinking about the world. By leading with real-world examples, clear graphics, and practical data analysis, we get students "doing Statistics" quickly and "thinking statistically" right from the start. The questions that motivate our hundreds of examples and exercises highlight the wide applicability of Statistics, teach the methods and procedures of proper data analysis, and--most importantly--emphasize thinking about what the results mean. We modeled the first edition on Stats: Modeling the World, the highly successful AP® Statistics book, and have been thrilled by feedback from all sides. Teachers are delighted that students can and do learn from reading the text, and their students say (to their amazement) that they even find the book enjoyable. The book's engaging style, support for underlying math skills, and scaffolded materials that enable success for all students tie all the skills and concepts to the world we live in. In this course and with this textbook, you can say goodbye to that oft-uttered math class question, "When does anyone ever use this stuff?"!” – from the book.
Stats: Data and Models, 4th edition
by Richard D. De Veaux Paul F. Velleman David E. BockWith a conversational, humorous, and informal writing style, this new edition engages students from the first page. The authors focus on statistical thinking throughout the text and rely on technology for calculations. As a result, students can focus on developing their conceptual understanding. Innovative Think/Show/Tell examples give students a problem-solving framework and, more importantly, a way to think through any statistics problem and present their results.
Stats: Modeling The World (Fourth Edition)
by Richard D. De Veaux Paul F. Velleman David E. Bock Paul D. VellemanClear, accessible, and teachable, Stats: Modeling the World leads with practical data analysis and graphics to engage students and get them thinking statistically from the start. Through updated, relevant examples and data--and the authors' signature Think, Show, and Tell problem-solving method--students learn what we can find in data, why we find it interesting, and how to report it to others. The new Fourth Edition is even more engaging than previous editions, builds on the innovative features that have made the first three editions so popular, and includes revisions designed to make it even easier for students to put the concepts of statistics together in a coherent whole.
Stats: Modeling the World (1st edition)
by Richard D. De Veaux Paul F. Velleman David E. BockBy leading with practical data analysis and graphics, the text gets students "doing statistics" quickly and "thinking statistically" from the start. This introduction to statistics is accessible to students pursuing careers in a variety of disciplines ranging from the social sciences of psychology and sociology to areas such as education, the allied health fields, business, economics, engineering, the humanities, the physical sciences, journalism, communications, and liberal arts.
Stats: Modeling the World (3rd edition)
by Richard D. De Veaux Paul F. Velleman David E. BockStats: Modeling the World, Third Edition is written from the ground up with the understanding that statistics is practiced with technology. This insight informs everything from our choice of forms for equations (favoring intuitive forms over calculation forms) to our extensive use of real data. Most important, it allows us to focus on teaching statistical thinking rather than calculation.
Stats: Modeling the World (AP Edition, 2nd Edition)
by Richard D. De Veaux Paul F. Velleman David E. BockStats: Modeling the World will help students to understand and appreciate the exciting field of statistics.
Staying Maasai?
by P. Trench Patti Kristjanson Katherine HomewoodThe area of eastern Africa, which includes Tanzania and Kenya, is known for its savannas, wildlife and tribal peoples. Alongside these iconic images lie concerns about environmental degradation, declining wildlife populations, and about worsening poverty of pastoral peoples. East Africa presents in microcosm the paradox so widely seen across sub Saharan Africa, where the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations live alongside some of the world's most outstanding biodiversity resources. Over the last decade or so, community conservation has emerged as a way out of poverty and environmental problems for these rural populations, focusing on the sustainable use of wildlife to generate income that could underpin equally sustainable development. Given the enduring interest in East African wildlife, and the very large tourist income it generates, these communities and ecosystems seem a natural case for green development based on community conservation. This volume is focused on the livelihoods of the Maasai in two different countries - Kenya and Tanzania. This cross-border comparative analysis looks at what people do, why they choose to do it, with what success and with what implications for wildlife. The comparative approach makes it possible to unpack the interaction of conservation and development, to identify the main drivers of livelihoods change and the main outcomes of wildlife conservation or other land use policies, while controlling for confounding factors in these semi-arid and perennially variable systems. This synthesis draws out lessons about the successes and failures of community conservation-based approach to development in Maasailand under different national political and economic contexts and different local social and historical particularities.
Steady Aircraft Flight and Performance
by N. Harris McClamrochThis undergraduate textbook offers a unique introduction to steady flight and performance for fixed-wing aircraft from a twenty-first-century flight systems perspective. Emphasizing the interplay between mathematics and engineering, it fully explains the fundamentals of aircraft flight and develops the basic algebraic equations needed to obtain the conditions for gliding flight, level flight, climbing and descending flight, and turning flight. It covers every aspect of flight performance, including maximum and minimum air speed, maximum climb rate, minimum turn radius, flight ceiling, maximum range, and maximum endurance. Steady Aircraft Flight and Performance features in-depth case studies of an executive jet and a general aviation propeller-driven aircraft, and uses MATLAB to compute and illustrate numerous flight performance measures and flight envelopes for each. Requiring only sophomore-level calculus and physics, it also includes a section on translational flight dynamics that makes a clear connection between steady flight and flight dynamics, thereby providing a bridge to further study. Offers the best introduction to steady aircraft flight and performance Provides a comprehensive treatment of the full range of steady flight conditions Covers steady flight performance and flight envelopes, including maximum and minimum air speed, maximum climb rate, minimum turn radius, and flight ceiling Uses mathematics and engineering to explain aircraft flight Features case studies of actual aircraft, illustrated using MATLAB Seamlessly bridges steady flight and translational flight dynamics
Steady Glide Dynamics and Guidance of Hypersonic Vehicle
by Liang Yang Hao Zhou Wanchun Chen Wenbin YuThis book presents the latest researches on hypersonic steady glide dynamics and guidance, including the concept of steady glide reentry trajectory and the stability of its regular perturbation solutions, trajectory damping control technique for hypersonic glide reentry, singular perturbation guidance of hypersonic glide reentry, trajectory optimization based on steady glide, linear pseudospectral generalized nominal effort miss distance guidance, analytical entry guidance and trajectory-shaping guidance with final speed and load factor constraints. They can be used to solve many new difficult problems in entry guidance. And many practical engineering cases are provided for the readers for better understanding. Researchers and students in the fields of flight vehicle design or flight dynamics, guidance and control could use the book as valuable reference.
Steck-Vaughn Mathematical Reasoning: Test Preparation For The 2014 GED Test: Student Book
by Paxen Learning Corporation Staff"Algebraic problem solving, quantitative problem solving, mathematical practices"--Cover.
Steck-Vaughn Working With Numbers: Level D
by Steck-Vaughn Staff<p>Working With Numbers: Level D <p>A best-selling classic, Working with Numbers is a straightforward series offering solid coverage and extra practice for grade-level math-skills an ideal alternative curriculum for struggling students or those requiring remediation</p>
Steck-Vaughn Working with Numbers: Level C
by Steck-Vaughn Staff WeatherlyA best-selling classic, Working with Numbers is a straightforward series offering solid coverage and extra practice for grade-level math-skills an ideal alternative curriculum for struggling students or those requiring remediation.
Steck-Vaughn Working with Numbers: Student Edition, Level F
by Steck-VaughnA best-selling classic, Working with Numbers is a straightforward series offering solid coverage and extra practice for grade-level math-skills an ideal alternative curriculum for struggling students or those requiring remediation.
Steel Informatics: Analysing Data of a Complex Materials System
by Shubhabrata Datta Subhas GangulySteel Informatics aims to review the application of data-driven computing techniques related to the design of steel, including phase transformation, composition-process-property correlation, and different processing techniques, particularly deformation and joining. This book initiates with fundamentals of informatics followed by a description of applications of statistical analyses in defining the different attributes of steel. The proceeding chapters of this book cover recent applications of statistical, machine learning, expert systems, and optimization algorithms in the domains of iron and steel making, casting, deformation, phase transformation and heat treatment, microstructure analysis, and design of steel.Features:• Exclusive title focussing on informatics in steel design.• Covers related statistics as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning aspects.• Explains metallurgical aspects lucidly for the data scientists, steel researchers, and industries.• Discusses all aspects of steel technology.• Describes pertinent tools used for related computations.This book is useful for researchers, professionals, and graduate students in metallurgy, materials science, steel and welding, and computational materials science.
Steigerung der Intelligenz mechatronischer Systeme (Intelligente Technische Systeme – Lösungen aus dem Spitzencluster it’s OWL)
by Ansgar Trächtler Jürgen GausemeierDas Buch beschreibt die Ergebnisse des Querschnittsprojekts „Selbstoptimierung“ des vom BMBF geförderten Spitzencluster-Projekts „Intelligente Technische Systeme OstWestfalenLippe“ (kurz: it’s OWL).Die Entwicklung der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik eröffnet neue Perspektiven für intelligente technische Systeme, die hohen Kundennutzen stiften. Diese Systeme sind in der Lage, sich ihrer Umgebung und den Wünschen ihrer Anwender im Betrieb anzupassen. Für den Innovationssprung von der Mechatronik hin zu selbstoptimierenden Systemen wird Expertise aus den Gebieten Maschinelles Lernen, mathematische Optimierungsverfahren, Regelungstechnik und Condition Monitoring benötigt.Zielsetzung des Cluster-Querschnittsprojekts Selbstoptimierung war ein Instrumentarium zur Planung und Entwicklung von selbstoptimierenden Produkten und Produktionssystemen. Dieses soll die Entwickler in den Unternehmen bei der Realisierung von Ansätzen der Selbstoptimierung praxisgerecht unterstützen. Das vorliegende Buch stellt das erarbeitete Instrumentarium mit den entsprechenden Schwerpunkten im Detail vor. Dabei werden die wesentlichen Grundlagen der jeweiligen Fachgebiete gezeigt und die methodische Umsetzung anhand von Praxisbeispielen aus dem Spitzencluster erläutert.
Stein Estimation (SpringerBriefs in Statistics)
by William E. Strawderman Tatsuya Kubokawa Yuzo MaruyamaThis book provides a self-contained introduction of Stein/shrinkage estimation for the mean vector of a multivariate normal distribution. The book begins with a brief discussion of basic notions and results from decision theory such as admissibility, minimaxity, and (generalized) Bayes estimation. It also presents Stein's unbiased risk estimator and the James-Stein estimator in the first chapter. In the following chapters, the authors consider estimation of the mean vector of a multivariate normal distribution in the known and unknown scale case when the covariance matrix is a multiple of the identity matrix and the loss is scaled squared error. The focus is on admissibility, inadmissibility, and minimaxity of (generalized) Bayes estimators, where particular attention is paid to the class of (generalized) Bayes estimators with respect to an extended Strawderman-type prior. For almost all results of this book, the authors present a self-contained proof. The book is helpful for researchers and graduate students in various fields requiring data analysis skills as well as in mathematical statistics.
Stein Manifolds and Holomorphic Mappings
by Franc ForstneričThe main theme of this book is the homotopy principle for holomorphic mappings from Stein manifolds to the newly introduced class of Oka manifolds. The book contains the first complete account of Oka-Grauert theory and its modern extensions, initiated by Mikhail Gromov and developed in the last decade by the author and his collaborators. Included is the first systematic presentation of the theory of holomorphic automorphisms of complex Euclidean spaces, a survey on Stein neighborhoods, connections between the geometry of Stein surfaces and Seiberg-Witten theory, and a wide variety of applications ranging from classical to contemporary.
Stellar Evolution
by Amos HarpazThis book addresses the fascinating subject of astrophysics from its theoretical basis to predominant research conducted in the field today. An accomplished researcher in the field and a well-known expositor, the author strikes a balance that allows the serious reader to appreciate the current issues without previous knowledge of the subject.Astron
Stem Lesson Essentials, Grades 3-8: Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics
by Jo Anne Vasquez Michael Comer Cary SneiderIntegrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics STEM Lesson Essentials moves beyond the rhetoric and provides knowledge, tools, models, and examples that make STEM a reality of teaching and learning in classrooms. -Rodger Bybee, Executive Director (Retired), Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Want to know how to implement authentic STEM teaching and learning into your classroom? STEM Lesson Essentials provides all the tools and strategies you'll need to design integrated, interdisciplinary STEM lessons and units that are relevant and exciting to your students. With clear definitions of both STEM and STEM literacy, the authors argue that STEM in itself is not a curriculum, but rather a way of organizing and delivering instruction by weaving the four disciplines together in intentional ways. Rather than adding two new subjects to the curriculum, the engineering and technology practices can instead be blended into existing math and science lessons in ways that engage students and help them master 21st century skills. STEM Lesson Essentials shows teachers how to begin the STEM integration journey with: five guiding principles for effective STEM instruction classroom examples of what these principles look like in action sample activities that put all four STEM fields into practice lesson planning templates for STEM units. Explicit connections are made among the STEM practices, including the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and the Framework for K-12 Science Education, helping you easily recognize ways in which STEM lessons can engage students in multiple standards at the same time. With ideas that are practical and achievable in any classroom, STEM Lesson Essentials will give you the confidence and knowledge to weave engineering and technology concepts into your math and science curriculum. STEM teaching doesn't have to be hard. You just have to get started. Try it out with STEM Lesson Essentials, and watch student understanding, achievement, and motivation soar.
Step Into STEAM, Grades K-5: Your Standards-Based Action Plan for Deepening Mathematics and Science Learning (Corwin Mathematics Series)
by Sarah B. Bush Kristin L. CookCreate meaningful and transformative K-5 STEAM learning experiences for each and every student Make the most of your limited instructional time and become part of the Step into STEAM movement! Seamlessly design and implement K-5 STEAM inquiries that align carefully to key mathematics and science content and practices and prepare elementary students for their bright futures. Taking an opposite approach to existing resources that provide collections of disjointed STEAM activities, this book empowers teachers and schools to build cohesive and sustainable STEAM infrastructures—grounded in grade-level standards and purposeful assessment—to deepen the mathematics and science learning of each and every student.
Step Into STEAM, Grades K-5: Your Standards-Based Action Plan for Deepening Mathematics and Science Learning (Corwin Mathematics Series)
by Sarah B. Bush Kristin L. CookCreate meaningful and transformative K-5 STEAM learning experiences for each and every student Make the most of your limited instructional time and become part of the Step into STEAM movement! Seamlessly design and implement K-5 STEAM inquiries that align carefully to key mathematics and science content and practices and prepare elementary students for their bright futures. Taking an opposite approach to existing resources that provide collections of disjointed STEAM activities, this book empowers teachers and schools to build cohesive and sustainable STEAM infrastructures—grounded in grade-level standards and purposeful assessment—to deepen the mathematics and science learning of each and every student.
Step Into STEAM, Grades PreK-5: Your Standards-Based Action Plan for Deepening Mathematics and Science Learning
by Sarah B. Bush Kristin L. CookCreate innovative and equitable experiences that prepare your learners for the future! STEAM education is crucial for preparing learners to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving world. Not every learner is going to pursue a STEAM-related career, but each and every learner needs to be challenged with opportunities to transfer what they are learning in mathematics and science instruction to seek solutions to the complex problems of today—and to meet our future world head on! In this Second Edition of Step Into STEAM, authors Sarah Bush and Kristin Cook guide and inspire PreK–5 educators through a seamless process of designing and implementing STEAM inquiries that align precisely to key mathematics and science content and practices—all while meeting the demands of guiding assessments. Going far beyond a collection of STEAM activities, this book shows educators, as well as school and district leaders, how to build a STEAM ecosystem that can measurably improve every learner’s mathematics and science achievement, as well as engagement, belonging, and interest. What truly sets this book apart is its masterful integration of problem-based inquiry as the foundation for STEAM instruction. This updated edition: Expands on the latest research in STEAM education across PreK-5 in various educational settings Incorporates strategies grounded in Universal Design for Learning to engage all learners Provides updated STEAM resources aligned to the Integrated STEM Practices Embeds actionable tips throughout each chapter that educators can implement immediately in addition to suggestions for ongoing learning and growth for all Offers an updated companion website with additional templates for brainstorming sessions or book studies, action plans, and checklists to help educators put their ideas into practice This is an essential guide for educators looking to implement STEAM education in their classrooms and beyond. Step Into STEAM provides a comprehensive roadmap for cultivating the creativity, problem-solving abilities, resilience, and empathy that will empower the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and global citizens. Make the most of your limited instructional time and become part of the Step Into STEAM journey!
Step Into STEAM, Grades PreK-5: Your Standards-Based Action Plan for Deepening Mathematics and Science Learning
by Sarah B. Bush Kristin L. CookCreate innovative and equitable experiences that prepare your learners for the future! STEAM education is crucial for preparing learners to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving world. Not every learner is going to pursue a STEAM-related career, but each and every learner needs to be challenged with opportunities to transfer what they are learning in mathematics and science instruction to seek solutions to the complex problems of today—and to meet our future world head on! In this Second Edition of Step Into STEAM, authors Sarah Bush and Kristin Cook guide and inspire PreK–5 educators through a seamless process of designing and implementing STEAM inquiries that align precisely to key mathematics and science content and practices—all while meeting the demands of guiding assessments. Going far beyond a collection of STEAM activities, this book shows educators, as well as school and district leaders, how to build a STEAM ecosystem that can measurably improve every learner’s mathematics and science achievement, as well as engagement, belonging, and interest. What truly sets this book apart is its masterful integration of problem-based inquiry as the foundation for STEAM instruction. This updated edition: Expands on the latest research in STEAM education across PreK-5 in various educational settings Incorporates strategies grounded in Universal Design for Learning to engage all learners Provides updated STEAM resources aligned to the Integrated STEM Practices Embeds actionable tips throughout each chapter that educators can implement immediately in addition to suggestions for ongoing learning and growth for all Offers an updated companion website with additional templates for brainstorming sessions or book studies, action plans, and checklists to help educators put their ideas into practice This is an essential guide for educators looking to implement STEAM education in their classrooms and beyond. Step Into STEAM provides a comprehensive roadmap for cultivating the creativity, problem-solving abilities, resilience, and empathy that will empower the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and global citizens. Make the most of your limited instructional time and become part of the Step Into STEAM journey!