Elementary Statistics is intended for a one semester elementary statistics course. The purpose of this book is to help students grasp basic statistical concepts and techniques, and to present real-life opportunities for applying them.

Advances in technology and new insights into the practice of teaching statistics have inspired many of the changes in the Fifth Edition of Elementary Statistics. The Fifth Edition easily fits the organization and pace of various course syllabi and technologies in use. This book offers a flexible organization of content and has a diversified emphasis on using technology such as Minitab, the TI-83 Plus graphing calculator, Excel, and the Internet to investigate data and solve statistical problems.