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About the Author
Deborah J. Rumsey, PhD, is a Statistics Education Specialist and Auxiliary
Professor in the Department of Statistics at The Ohio State University.
Dr. Rumsey is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. She has
won the Presidential Teaching Award from Kansas State University and has
been inducted into the Wall of Inspiration at her high school alma mater,
Burlington High School, in Burlington, Wisconsin. She is also the author of
Statistics II For Dummies, Statistics Workbook For Dummies, Probability For
Dummies, and Statistics Essentials For Dummies. She has published numerous
papers and given many professional presentations and workshops on the
subject of statistics education. She is the original conference designer of the
biennial United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS). Her pas-
sions include being with her family, camping and bird watching, getting seat
time on her Kubota tractor, and cheering the Ohio State Buckeyes on to their
next national championship.
Dedication
To my husband Eric: My sun rises and sets with you. To my son Clint: I love
you up to the moon and back.
Author’s Acknowledgments
My heartfelt thanks to Lindsay Lefevere and Kathy Cox for the opportunity to
write For Dummies books for Wiley; to my project editors Georgette Beatty,
Corbin Collins, and Tere Drenth for their unwavering support and vision; to
Marjorie Bond, Monmouth College, for agreeing to be my technical editor
(again!); to Paul Stephenson, who also provided technical editing; and to
Caitie Copple and Janet Dunn for great copy editing.
Special thanks to Elizabeth Stasny, Joan Garfield, Kythrie Silva, Kit Kilen,

Peg Steigerwald, Mike O’Leary, Tony Barkauskas, Ken Berk, and Jim Higgins
for inspiration and support along the way; and to my entire family for their
steadfast love and encouragement.

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