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That's Weird! invites readers to look at everyday moments and ask a powerful question: Is this really unusual, or could it happen by chance? Through a fun, relatable storyline, readers are introduced to the core ideas of statistical inquiry as they investigate surprising events from daily life. Along the way, readers learn how statisticians decide what counts as ""weird"" by thinking about how likely an outcome is, how much data they have, and what they expect to see in the first place. Big ideas, like evidence, chance, and sample size, emerge naturally from the story, building on students' intuition rather than formal formulas. That's Weird! shows that statistics isn't just about numbers - it's a way of making sense of the world.

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Dr. Jennifer McNally is a Professor in Mathematics and is the Principal Investigator of the DISCUS-IS Project (Discourse to Improve Student Conceptual Understanding of Introductory Statistics in Inclusive Settings), a National Science Foundation Project (NSF IUSE #2314358) that explicates students' statistical ideas and the instructional practices that support them, with a particular focus on students who have historically been excluded from advanced mathematics, particularly neurodivergent students.Dr. McNally earned her M.S. and Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Mathematics Education, at Montana State University, where she was a fellow at the Center for Learning and Teaching in the West. Dr. McNally has an extensive background in math and science education, curriculum development, and faculty development in public schools and in higher education. Her research has focused on developing pedagogical content knowledge and instructional skills in in-service teachers through formative classroom observations.

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