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Rossman and von Oehsen offer a collection of activities for students seeking to learn statistical concepts typically taught in a first-year college statistics course. Designed as a supplementary text, the emphasis is on learning by discovery as opposed to lecture. The activities stress general concepts, not numeric manipulation. Genuine data is provided in the activities from a broad variety of fields. Use of computing technology to analyze data, create visual displays, and conduct simulations is expected. The richness of the common, easily understood real-life data is the strength of the book. Students in classes having time to explore the wealth of examples will be motivated by them. Highly recommended as a student text and a teaching resource. Lower-division undergraduates; faculty. W. R. Lee; Iowa State University