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This package includes a physical copy of Intro Stats, 4th edition by Richard De Veaux, Paul Velleman, and David Bock as well as access to the eText and MyStatLab. Your instructor will need to provide you with a course ID in order for you to access the eText and MyStatLab. Richard De Veaux, Paul Velleman, and David Bock wrote Intro Stats with the goal that students and instructors have as much fun reading it as they did writing it. Maintaining 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. New to the Fourth Edition is a streamlined presentation that keeps students focused on what's most important, while including out helpful features. An updated organization divides chapters into sections, with specific learning objectives to keep students on track. A detailed table of contents assists with navigation through this new layout. Single-concept exercises complement the existing mid- to hard-level exercises for basic skill development. MyLab and Mastering from Pearson improve results for students and educators. Used by over ten million students, they effectively engage learners at every stage. MyStatLab is being used in universities all over the world to improve student performance. MyStatLab has immersive content and engaging tools, along with time-saving automatic grading. "What students especially like about the system is that they get immediate feedback from MyStatLab on whether the exercise was right or wrong. I would recommend MyStatLab to another lecturer because I think I became a better lecturer in statistics, [as now] I'm able to provide individual st