The volume uses examples to explain the basic terms and methods of statistics, which can be learned by completing the tasks and analyzing the solutions the volume provides. It introduces readers to the fields of descriptive statistics, probability calculations, and inductive statistics. The new edition revises a number of areas, including the chapters on times series decomposition and statistics software.

Günter Bamberg, Franz Baur, and Michael Krapp, University oif Augsburg, Germany.