{"product_id":"an-adventure-in-statistics-the-reality-enigma-paperback","title":"An Adventure in Statistics: The Reality Enigma - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndy Field\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAPEX Award 2023 for Publication Excellence: Print Media - Education \u0026amp; Training\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award 2017\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2016\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the Association of Learned \u0026amp; Professional Society Publishers Award for Innovation in Publishing 2016\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow in its second edition, \u003cstrong\u003eAn Adventure in Statistics: The Reality Enigma \u003c\/strong\u003eby best-selling author and award-winning teacher Andy Field offers a better way to learn statistics. It combines rock-solid statistics coverage with compelling visual storytelling to address the conceptual difficulties that students learning statistics for the first time often encounter in introductory courses. Students are guided away from rote memorization towards independent, critical thinking and problem solving. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis essential foundation to understanding statistics is woven into the unique action-packed story of Zach, who thinks, processes information and faces challenges to his understanding in the same way as a statistics novice. Illustrated with stunning, graphic novel-style art and featuring Socratic dialogue, the story captivates readers as it introduces them to concepts, eliminating potential statistics anxiety. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo previous statistics knowledge is presumed, and no use of data analysis software is required - everything you would expect for an introductory course is covered but with a contemporary twist, arming students with a strong grounding in understanding classical and Bayesian approaches to data analysis. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith its unique combination of story, concepts and terminology, this complete introduction to statistics from bestselling author Andy Field breaks the mould to present a statistical tale like no other. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStay connected \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoin us on Facebook and share your experiences with Andy's texts, check out news, access free stuff, see photos, watch videos, learn about competitions, and much more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Field is \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Quantitative Methods\u003c\/em\u003e at the University of Sussex. He has published widely (100+ research papers, 29 book chapters, and 17 books in various editions) in the areas of child anxiety and psychological methods and statistics. His current research interests focus on barriers to learning mathematics and statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is internationally known as a statistics educator. He has written several widely used statistics textbooks including \u003cem\u003eDiscovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the 2007 British Psychological Society book award), \u003cem\u003eDiscovering Statistics Using R\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAn Adventure in Statistics\u003c\/em\u003e (shortlisted for the British Psychological Society book award, 2017; British Book Design and Production Awards, primary, secondary and tertiary education category, 2016; and the Association of Learned \u0026amp; Professional Society Publishers Award for innovation in publishing, 2016), which teaches statistics through a fictional narrative and uses graphic novel elements. He has also written the adventr and discovr packages for the statistics software R that teach statistics and R through interactive tutorials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis uncontrollable enthusiasm for teaching statistics to psychologists has led to teaching awards from the University of Sussex (2001, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019), the British Psychological Society (2006) and a prestigious UK National Teaching fellowship (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe′s done the usual academic things: had grants, been on editorial boards, done lots of admin\/service but he finds it tedious trying to remember this stuff. None of them matter anyway because in the unlikely event that you′ve ever heard of him it′ll be as the ′Stats book guy′. In his spare time, he plays the drums very noisily in a heavy metal band, and walks his cocker spaniel, both of which he finds therapeutic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 664\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50355024494829,"sku":"9781529797138","price":190.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/Jq857FZGoy9781529797138.webp?v=1785321617","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/an-adventure-in-statistics-the-reality-enigma-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}