I want to join W. H. Freeman and Company in thanking Ann Cannon at Cornell College for accuracy reviewing the book, Christina Morian at Lincoln University for authoring the back-of-book answers, and John Samons at Florida State College at Jacksonville for accuracy reviewing the backof-book answers. I would also like to thank the instructors who authored the supplements for the book: Christina Morian (solutions), Becky Moening at Ivy Tech Community College (test bank), Tom Achatz at Washtenaw Community College (practice quizzes), Mark Gebert at University of Kentucky (lecture slides), and David French at Tidewater Community College (clicker questions). I'd also like to thank John Samons for accuracy reviewing the solutions and John Davis at Baylor University for accuracy reviewing the test bank, practice quizzes, and clicker questions.

I'd like to thank the reviewers who offered comments that assisted in the development and refinement of the Third Edition of Discovering Statistics:

Thomas Achatz, Washtenaw Community College
Victor Akatsa, Chicago State University
John Beyers, University of Maryland University College
Melissa Bingham, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Daniel Birmajer, Nazareth College
Mark Bollman, Albion College
Carolyn Chapel, Western Technical College
Seo-eun Choi, Arkansas State University
Carolyn Cuff, Westminster College
Dawn R. Dabney, Northeast State Community College
Kevin Dennis, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Geoffrey Dietz, Gannon University
Brandi Falley, Texas Woman's University
David French, Tidewater Community College
Petre Ghenciu, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Nicholas Gorgievski, Nichols College
Donna Gorton, Butler Community College
Lorraine Gregory, Lake Superior State University
Susan Herring, Sonoma State University
Martin Jones, College of Charleston
Joseph Karnowski, Norwalk Community College
Weiping Li, Walsh University
Catherine Matos, Clayton State University
Becky A. Moening, Ivy Tech Community College
Carla Monticelli, Camden County College
Shai Neumann, Eastern Florida State College
Lyn A. Noble, Florida State College at Jacksonville
William Radulovich, Florida State College at Jacksonville
Gina Reed, University of North Georgia
Fary Sami, Harford Community College
Jason Samuels, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Connie Schrock, Emporia State University
Mohammed A. Shayib, Prairie View A&M University
Abdallah Shuaibi, Harry S. Truman College
James Stamey, Baylor University
Martha Tapia, Berry College
Wayne Tarrant, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Karin Vorwerk, Westfield State University

I also want to thank the instructors who offered comments on the Second Edition:

Holly Ashton, Pikes Peak Community College
John Beyers, University of Maryland University College
Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University
Ann Cannon, Cornell College
Ayona Chatterjee, University of West Georgia
Zhao Chen, Florida Gulf Coast University
Geoffrey Dietz, Gannon University
Wanda Eanes, Middle Georgia State College
Elaine Fitt, Bucks County Community College
Elizabeth Flow-Delwiche, Community College of Baltimore County
Joe Gallegos, Salt Lake Community College
Dave Gilbert, Santa Barbara City College
David Gurney, Southeastern Louisiana University
Noal Harbertson, California State University, Fresno and Sacramento
Steve Hundert, College of Southern Maryland
Andreas Lazari, Valdosta State University
Ananda Manage, Sam Houston State University
Christina Morian, Lincoln University
John Nardo, Oglethorpe University
Michael Nasab, Long Beach City College
Fary Sami, Harford Community College
Jason Samuels, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Mohammed Shayib, Prairie View A&M University
Kim Sheppard, Cecil College
Marcia Siderow, California State University, Northridge
Karen Smith, University of West Georgia
Tabrina Smith, Lake Erie College
John Trimboli, Middle Georgia State College
Cameron Troxell, Mt. San Antonio College
Mahbobeh Vezvaei, Kent State University
Karin Vorwerk, Westfield State University
James Wan, Long Beach City College
Tanya Wojtulewicz, Community College of Baltimore County

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The Third Edition of Discovering Statistics owes much to the untiring efforts of the team of professionals at W. H. Freeman and Company. I want to thank Terri Ward, Karen Carson, Jorge Amaral, Cara LeClair, Marie Dripchak, Laura Judge, Liam Ferguson, Victoria Garvey, Bailey James, Jodi Isman, Robin Fadool, Vicki Tomaselli, Diana Blume, and Paul W. Rohloff for contributing their talents to the creation of this book and its online resources.

I also want to thank Dr. Philip Halloran and Dr. Chun Jin, Chair and Assistant Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Central Connecticut State University, Dr. Dipak K. Dey, Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Connecticut, and Dr. John Judge, Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics at Westfield State College. Thanks to my daughter Chantal Danielle (27) for carrying on the love of statistics to the next generation, and to my twin children Tristan Spring and Ravel Renaissance (16) for providing insight into what life is all about. Above all, I extend my deepest gratitude to my darling wife of 30 years, Debra J. Larose, for sharing with me “one love, one lifetime … ”.

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