• Current and real-world data and examples in more than 1,600 exercises, 50% of which are new or revised, and 450 examples, with more than 40% new or revised, cover applications in 17 categories and represent diverse disciplines such as business, education, health, and social sciences.
• Technology integration and outputs from the most common statistical software (notably Excel, Minitab, JMP, SPSS, and R) and the use of interactive applets show how statistical analyses are performed, while reinforcing concepts and methods rather than calculations.
• Caution callouts, marked with an icon, carefully and clearly guide students away from common pitfalls and misconceptions.
• Look Back margin notes remind students of key terms and provide page references to where the terms are first introduced.
• Beyond the Basics sections give quick overviews of optional topics such as density estimation, scatterplot smoothers, data mining, nonlinear regression, and meta-analysis.
• Challenge exercises stretch students with open-ended investigation, deeper thought about the basic concepts, and mathematical techniques.

• Newly improved learning objectives. Learning objectives have been revised and fully integrated into the beginning and end of each section, providing relevant examples and exercises for review and practice. Chapter content has also been more thoughtfully aligned with the chapter learning objectives.
• Revised for currency. More than 40% of the examples and over 50% of the exercises have been revised or replaced for currency with up-to-date data, covering applications from cryptocurrencies to Instagram usage.
• Real-world questions open chapters. To gain students’ attention, each chapter begins with interesting real-world questions that will be studied in the chapter, one of which is tied to the chapter-opening photo.
• New annotated figures. Through enhanced visual pedagogy, key figures now include explanatory annotations to help students interpret and master new graphical representations. All figures have been revised for consistency and accessibility.
• New Check-in questions. Formerly known as Use Your Knowledge questions, Check-in questions encourage students to actively assess their understanding as they work through chapter topics. Check-in questions also now have their own unique numbering sequence.
• Emphasizing “statistical thinking.” Putting It All Together exercises at the end of each chapter highlight the key skill of “statistical thinking”–how to plan to solve a problem by assessing the information, making assumptions, selecting the appropriate method to use, analyzing or comparing results, and drawing conclusions.
• Additional online resources. 57 new Video Technology Manuals (VTM) covering RStudio topics are available online in Achieve (as indicated by icons in the book). Additional software outputs are also included online for certain examples (also indicated by icons next to software outputs).

Achieve is a comprehensive set of interconnected teaching and assessment tools. It incorporates the most effective elements from Macmillan’s market-leading solutions–including Sapling, LaunchPad, and iClicker–in a single, easy-to-use platform. These resources were co-designed with instructors and students, using a foundation of learning research and rigorous testing.