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Significant Statistics: An Introduction to Statistics is intended for students enrolled in a one-semester introduction to statistics course who are not mathematics or engineering majors. It focuses on the interpretation of statistical results, especially in real world settings, and assumes that students have an understanding of intermediate algebra. In addition to end of section practice and homework sets, examples of each topic are explained step-by-step throughout the text and followed by a ‘Your Turn’ problem that is designed as extra practice for students.

Significant Statistics: An Introduction to Statistics was adapted from content published by OpenStax including Introductory Statistics, OpenIntro Statistics, and Introductory Statistics for the Life and Biomedical Sciences. John Morgan Russell reorganized the existing content and added new content where necessary.

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Introduction to Earth Science, Second Edition is an open textbook designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to Earth Science that can be freely accessed online, read offline, printed, or purchased as a print-on-demand book. It is intended for a typical 1000-level university introductory course in the Geosciences, although its contents could be applied to many other related courses.

This text includes various important features designed to enhance the student learning experience in introductory Earth Science courses. These include a multitude of high-quality figures and images within each chapter that help to clarify key concepts. Self-test assessment questions are embedded in each online chapter that help students focus their learning. QR codes are provided for each assessment to allow students using print or PDF versions to easily access the quiz from an internet-capable device of their choice.

The sequence of the book differs from mainstream commercial texts. It has been arranged to present elementary or foundational knowledge regarding rocks and minerals prior to discussion of more complex topics in Earth Science. Similar to the layout of the first edition, this book dedicates one chapter to each of the three major rock types, the processes of mass wasting, geological time, Earth history, and the origin of the universe and our Solar System. Additionally, the second edition includes a new chapter on meteorology, and combines the previously separate chapters on deserts and glaciers into a single, comprehensive chapter that explores these extreme environments.

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Say It Well: Writing for Real-World Communication is a foundational textbook designed for first-year college students. It introduces essential writing skills that support academic success and prepare students for professional communication. The book begins with an overview of writing as a process and progresses through key topics including word choice, drafting strategies, punctuation, grammar, formatting, and structure. Each chapter offers practical guidance, examples, and exercises to help students write with clarity, precision, and purpose. By focusing on core writing competencies, this text empowers students to become proficient communicators in both academic and workplace settings.

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Virginia Cooperative Extension Gardener Handbook is a guide for all gardeners in Virginia. It covers a variety of topics important for beginning and experienced gardeners, including soil health, native plants, and integrated pest management. This manual provides an understanding of the basics of gardening in Virginia and helps to build a strong foundation of gardening knowledge. Resources for additional reading can be found at the end of each chapter. We encourage readers to take a deeper dive into the topics that interest them and continue their learning journey.

Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) is the outreach and engagement branch of Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, Virginia’s land-grant universities. Through VCE, Extension agents, specialists, and volunteers work to share knowledge and advance the wellbeing of all Virginians. This handbook serves as the main training text for new Extension Master Gardener volunteers.

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Strategic Management and Case Analysis: An Integrated Approach integrates strategic management with an experiential learning approach to conducting a case analysis. The book explains how strategic leaders analyze their firms’ organizational performance and environments and formulate corporate-level, business-level, innovation, sustainability & ethics, technology, and multinational strategies. Readers also learn how to implement strategy across an organization. Students actively engage with the theories and tools of strategic management. Throughout the text, analysis instruments are introduced that teach students how to conduct robust case analyses that are based on analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of data. Instructors are supported with a platform of supplemental materials.

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Are you interested in geocaching, or expanding your knowledge of geocaching? If you have access to a smartphone (of any variety!), the GeoCache App, and a geocoin, then you are ready for the Virginia Geocoin Adventure. Place a geocoin in a hidden cache, and then track the movements of the geocoin over time. If you do not have a geocoin, then you can navigate to a GeoCache nearby that does have a geocoin and ‘virtually grab the coin’. Then you merely place it back into a new GeoCache and watch it on its travels.Learning lessons associated with this document have been developed to help explore landscapes and issues impacting our communities using the trackable geocoins as ‘a guide’. These lessons and other resources can be downloaded to support various learner groups, from Middle/ High School classrooms to 4-H clubs and scout troops. Ultimately, this resource is 'ageless' since everyone loves geocaching!

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Introduction to Earth Science is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to Earth Science that can be freely accessed online, read offline, printed, or purchased as a print-on-demand book. It is intended for a typical 1000-level university introductory course in the Geosciences.

This open textbook includes various features designed to enhance the student learning experience. These include a multitude of high-quality figures and images within each chapter that help to clarify key concepts and are optimized for viewing online. Self-test assessment questions are embedded in each online chapter that help students focus their learning.

Are you a professor reviewing or adopting this book for a course? Instructors adopting or reviewing this text are encouraged to record their use on this form: https://bit.ly/interest_intro_earth_science This helps the book's sponsors to understand this open textbook's impact.

PDF and ePub versions, and a link to order a print version are available at https://doi.org/10.21061/introearthscience.

Note: A 2nd edition of this book was released in 2025: https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/introearthscience2e.