Statistics with the TI-84 Plus Calculator
By Brendan Kelly
Editorial Reviews
Review
Review of earlier editions for the TI-83 calculators These books allow teachers and students to easily integrate the graphing calculator into teaching and learning mathematics. Each exploration in the book begins with a little piece of mathematical history then, through step-by-step explanation and lists of calculator key sequences, presents such varied topics as finding the roots of an equation, working with parametric equations, and using high-end statistical analysis, such as chi-square frequency function and F distribution. Following the explanation for each exploration are practice exercises for students. A fully worked-out solution to each exercise is included in the answer-key section at the end of each publication. The exercises require higher mental activity than do many high school mathematics textbooks. The easy-to-follow format will quickly cure graphing-calculator phobia. These resources are especially useful for teachers who have never used graphing calculators. They quickly teach the most common functions of the calculator and are correlated to the most common areas of the high school curriculum. These publications are a must for any high school mathematics department that uses TI-83 calculators. The mathematical cartoons are a nice touch throughout both publications. --Terry Kaminski, Grand Centre High School, Cold Lake, AB T9M lV7.
About the Author
Brendan Kelly is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Education, University of Toronto (OISE/UT). He holds two doctorate degrees: a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Number Theory) from U. of T. and an Ed.D. in Computer Applications from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. In his capacity as senior author for the Pearson Education Publishing Company, Dr. Kelly has authored the MathQuest Mathematics Program (for elementary students) and the Addison-Wesley Secondary School Mathematics Program (for students in grades 9-12).Both programs have been the standard in schools during the past two decades. Dr. Kelly has authored more than sixty books. Professor Kelly has spoken at more than 100 conferences and has been the keynote speaker at various conferences across Canada and the United States. He was the closing speaker at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference in Chicago at which there were over 20,000 in attendance. In 1989, Dr. Kelly founded Brendan Kelly Publishing Inc. that now offers more than 20 titles including secondary school mathematics books that help teachers use Texas Instrument Graphing Calculators to teach mathematics. These books are sold widely throughout the United States and Canada and have been translated into Japanese for sale in their schools.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #388715 in Books
- Published on: 2006-09-05
- Original language: English
- Binding: Perfect Paperback
- 104 pages
Customer Reviews
not what I expected
I was looking for two very specific things when I purchased this book. It doesn't do either of them.
First, I wanted a book that would teach me how to use my calculator in my statistics class. This book seems to be trying to teach statistics, which it doesn't do very well.
Second, I wanted a reference book that I could look up a calculator command and get a similar, but more detailed explanation than I can get from my TI users manual. It's not a reference book at all. It has exercises and investigations which take far too much time to wade through to get the information I need. There are also sections on how to write programs on your calculator which are interesting but again, far too much work for what I'm looking for.
If you're a teacher looking for lab material for a statistics class, this may be a good book for you but it's not a reference manual with directions for using a calculator.
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