CONWAY, Ark. (September 24, 2015) – The 11th edition of Exploring Statistics: Tales of Distributions by retired Hendrix psychology professor Dr. Chris Spatz ’62 was published recently.
The book has been in use at Hendrix since 1974 and has been adopted over the years at more than 500 colleges and peer-reviewed by 85 statistics teachers in earlier editions.
Under new publisher, Outcrop Publishers of Conway operated by Dr. Spatz and his wife Thea (also Class of ’62), the book’s price has gone from $268 to $44.
There is also a new electronic version of the book produced by Tina Haggard ’87 and her company Fingertek of Austin, Texas. The new e-book is $22.
“Tales uses an encouraging voice to tell students how to analyze data and the examples are engaging," Spatz said when asked about the book's longevity and popularity.
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