Statistics for Dummies, 2nd Edition
- 7h 5m
- Deborah J. Rumsey
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2011
The fun and easy way to get down to business with statistics
Stymied by statistics? No fear? This friendly guide offers clear, practical explanations of statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations, with lots of examples that show you how these concepts apply to your everyday life.
Statistics For Dummies shows you how to interpret and critique graphs and charts, determine the odds with probability, guesstimate with confidence using confidence intervals, set up and carry out a hypothesis test, compute statistical formulas, and more.
- Tracks to a typical first semester statistics course
- Updated examples resonate with today's students
- Explanations mirror teaching methods and classroom protocol
Packed with practical advice and real-world problems, Statistics For Dummies gives you everything you need to analyze and interpret data for improved classroom or on-the-job performance.
About the Author
Deborah J. Rumsey, PhD, is Professor of Statistics and Statistics Education Specialist at The Ohio State University. She is the author of Statistics Workbook For Dummies, Statistics II For Dummies, and Probability For Dummies.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Statistics in a Nutshell
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The Statistics of Everyday Life
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Taking Control—So Many Numbers, So Little Time
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Tools of the Trade
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Means, Medians, and More
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Getting the Picture—Graphing Categorical Data
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Going by the Numbers—Graphing Numerical Data
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Random Variables and the Binomial Distribution
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The Normal Distribution
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The t-Distribution
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Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem
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Leaving Room for a Margin of Error
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Confidence Intervals—Making Your Best Guesstimate
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Claims, Tests, and Conclusions
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Commonly Used Hypothesis Tests—Formulas and Examples
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Polls, Polls, and More Polls
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Experiments—Medical Breakthroughs or Misleading Results?
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Looking for Links—Correlation and Regression
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Two-Way Tables and Independence
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Ten Tips for the Statistically Savvy Sleuth
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Ten Surefire Exam Score Boosters
