Mathematics Textbooks
Elementary Algebra
Copyright Year: 2017
Contributors: Marecek and Anthony-Smith
Publisher: OpenStax
License: CC BY
Elementary Algebra is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester elementary algebra course. The book's organization makes it easy to adapt to a variety of course syllabi. The text expands on the fundamental concepts of algebra while addressing the needs of students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles. Each topic builds upon previously developed material to demonstrate the cohesiveness and structure of mathematics.
(5 reviews)
My Math GPS: Elementary Algebra Guided Problem Solving - 2016 Edition
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributors: Cornick, Guy, and Puri
Publisher: CUNY Academic Works
License: CC BY-NC-SA
My Math GPS: Elementary Algebra Guided Problem Solving is a textbook that aligns to the CUNY Elementary Algebra Learning Objectives that are tested on the CUNY Elementary Algebra Final Exam (CEAFE). This book contextualizes arithmetic skills into Elementary Algebra content using a problem-solving pedagogy. Classroom assessments and online homework are available from the authors.
(1 review)
Statistical Inference For Everyone
Copyright Year: 2017
Contributor: Blais
Publisher: Brian Blais
License: CC BY-SA
This is a new approach to an introductory statistical inference textbook, motivated by probability theory as logic. It is targeted to the typical Statistics 101 college student, and covers the topics typically covered in the first semester of such a course. It is freely available under the Creative Commons License, and includes a software library in Python for making some of the calculations and visualizations easier.
(3 reviews)
Introductory Business Statistics with Interactive Spreadsheets - 1st Canadian Edition
Copyright Year: 2010
Contributors: Mahbobi and Tiemann
Publisher: BCcampus
License: CC BY
Introductory Business Statistics with Interactive Spreadsheets – 1st Canadian Edition is an adaptation of Thomas K. Tiemann's book, Introductory Business Statistics. This new edition still contains the basic ideas behind statistics, such as populations, samples, the difference between data and information, and sampling distributions as well as information on descriptive statistics and frequency distributions, normal and t-distributions, hypothesis testing, t-tests, f-tests, analysis of variance, non-parametric tests, and regression basics. New topics include the chi-square test and categorical variables, null and alternative hypotheses for the test of independence, simple linear regression model, least squares method, coefficient of determination, confidence interval for the average of the dependent variable, and prediction interval for a specific value of the dependent variable.
(4 reviews)
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Copyright Year: 2017
Contributor: Guichard
Publisher: Lyryx
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Calculus: Early Transcendentals, originally by D. Guichard, has been redesigned by the Lyryx editorial team. Substantial portions of the content, examples, and diagrams have been redeveloped, with additional contributions provided by experienced and practicing instructors. This approachable text provides a comprehensive understanding of the necessary techniques and concepts of the typical Calculus course sequence, and is suitable for the standard Calculus I, II and III courses.
(9 reviews)
Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction - 3rd Edition
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Levin
Publisher: Oscar Levin
License: CC BY-SA
Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction is a free, open source textbook appropriate for a first or second year undergraduate course for math majors, especially those who will go on to teach. The textbook has been developed while teaching the Discrete Mathematics course at the University of Northern Colorado. Primitive versions were used as the primary textbook for that course since Spring 2013, and have been used by other instructors as a free additional resource. Since then it has been used as the primary text for this course at UNC, as well as at other institutions.
(5 reviews)
Proofs and Concepts: The Fundamentals of Abstract Mathematics
Copyright Year: 2013
Contributors: Morris and Morris
Publisher: Dave Witte Morris, Joy Morris
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This free undergraduate textbook provides an introduction to proofs, logic, sets, functions, and other fundamental topics of abstract mathematics. It is designed to be the textbook for a bridge course that introduces undergraduates to abstract mathematics, but it is also suitable for independent study by undergraduates (or mathematically mature high-school students), or for use as a very inexpensive supplement to undergraduate courses in any field of abstract mathematics.
(5 reviews)
Applied Finite Mathematics
Copyright Year: 2011
Contributor: Sekhon
Publisher: OpenStax CNX
License: CC BY
Applied Finite Mathematics covers topics including linear equations, matrices, linear programming, the mathematics of finance, sets and counting, probability, Markov chains, and game theory.
(2 reviews)
Linear Regression Using R: An Introduction to Data Modeling
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Lilja
Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
License: CC BY-NC
Linear Regression Using R: An Introduction to Data Modeling presents one of the fundamental data modeling techniques in an informal tutorial style. Learn how to predict system outputs from measured data using a detailed step-by-step process to develop, train, and test reliable regression models. Key modeling and programming concepts are intuitively described using the R programming language. All of the necessary resources are freely available online.
(6 reviews)
Calculus-Based Physics I
Copyright Year: 2008
Contributor: Schnick
Publisher: Jeffrey W. Schnick
License: CC BY-SA
Calculus-Based Physics is an introductory physics textbook designed for use in the two-semester introductory physics course typically taken by science and engineering students.
(1 review)