Congratulations, Angela Simons from Century College!
She is the lucky winner of a trip to Boston compliments of Addison-Wesley!!

*The Weiss contest is now closed. Thank you for your submissions.

Take a look at the new edition of Weiss, Elementary Statistics, 5e or Introductory Statistics, 6e and enter to win.

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Game Rules

Please take a few minutes to answer the questions below. Respondents who answer the questions correctly will be entered to win a trip for two to Boston, MA. The winner will be announced on our Web site at www.aw.com/info/weiss/stats and www.aw.com/weiss on April 30, 2002.

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  1. What textbook are you currently using?

    Bluman: Elementary Statistics, 4e
    Brase/Brase: Understandable Statistics Concepts and Methods, 6/e
    Johnson: Elementary Statistics, 8e
    Larson: Elementary Statistics, 1e
    Mann: Introductory Statistics, 4e
    McClave/Sincich: A First Course In Statistics 7e
    McClave/Sincich: Statistics 7e
    Moore/McCabe: The Basic Practice of Statistics, 2e
    Moore/McCabe: Introduction To The Practice of Statistics, 3e
    Triola, Elementary Statistics, 8e
    Weiss, Elementary Statistics, 5e
    Weiss, Introductory Statistics, 6e
    Other

  2. Which technology package are you currently using?

    Minitab
    TI 83 Plus Graphing Calculator
    Excel
    SPSS
    JMP
    Other

  3. When covering hypothesis testing on page 436 in Introductory and page 413 in Elementary, would you cover the critical-value approach, P-value approach or both approaches?

    Critical-value approach
    P-value approach
    Both approaches

  4. Which application apprears on page 438 and 439 in Introductory and page 415 and 416 in Elementary?

    Faculty Salaries
    Justice In The Courts
    Acid Rain and Lake Acidity

  5. What three technology packages are integrated into the text giving both instruction on using the technology and showing the output (see pages 61 and 62 in Elementary and Introductory)?

    SPSS, Minitab, TI 83 Plus
    Minitab, Excel, TI 83 Plus
    DataDesk, Excel, JMP

  6. The What Does It Mean? feature found on page 123 in Elementary and Introductory prominently displays the meaning and importance of statistical results and helps students understand the significance of the answer. What application is referenced in this feature?

    TV-viewing Times
    Dice
    Adjusted Gross Incomes

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-May we contact you by email with updates?
-Course and Enrollment
-Are you teaching a Web-based course?
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-Answer to Question 2
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-Answer to Question 4
-Answer to Question 5
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