Wehopereaderswilltakeawaythreeideasfromthisbookinadditiontoformingafoun-dationofstatisticalthinkingandmethods.(1)Statisticsisanappliedfieldwithawiderangeofpracticalapplications.(2)Youdon’thavetobeamathgurutolearnfromreal,interestingdata.(3)Dataaremessy,andstatisticaltoolsare