Concentrating on making statistics meaningful for students not majoring in mathematics or related areas, VITAL STATISTICS imparts an intuitive understanding, as well as a basic working knowledge of elementary statistical ideas and techniques. An abundance of pertinent applications from psychology, sociology, business, and economics enables students to deal with real problems in quantitative terms. Incorporating over 100 interesting and fully-worked examples, the text provides a practical, clear, and original treatment for the one or two semester course. It is designed to be useful to students at various levels of mathematical maturity, and it contains a wide variety of material--including problem sets--which will enable instructors to select topics relevant to their particular concerns.