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Statistics For Dummies
Deborah J. Rumsey (Author)
9781119293521, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 19 July 2016
416 pages
23.1 x 18.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.567 kg
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. 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.
Introduction 1 Part 1: Vital Statistics about Statistics 7 Chapter 1: Statistics in a Nutshell 9 Part 2: Number-Crunching Basics 69 Chapter 5: Means, Medians, and More 71 Part 3: Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 133 Chapter 8: Random Variables and the Binomial Distribution 135 Part 4: Guesstimating and Hypothesizing with Confidence 187 Chapter 12: Leaving Room for a Margin of Error 189 Part 5: Statistical Studies and the Hunt for a Meaningful Relationship 255 Chapter 16: Polls, Polls, and More Polls 257 Part 6: The Part of Tens 333 Chapter 20: Ten Tips for the Statistically Savvy Sleuth 335 Appendix: Tables for Reference 365
Chapter 2: The Statistics of Everyday Life 23
Chapter 3: Taking Control: So Many Numbers, So Little Time 35
Chapter 4: Tools of the Trade 47
Chapter 6: Getting the Picture: Graphing Categorical Data 95
Chapter 7: Going by the Numbers: Graphing Numerical Data 107
Chapter 9: The Normal Distribution 149
Chapter 10: The t-Distribution 165
Chapter 11: Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 171
Chapter 13: Confidence Intervals: Making Your Best Guesstimate 201
Chapter 14: Claims, Tests, and Conclusions 223
Chapter 15: Commonly Used Hypothesis Tests: Formulas and Examples 237
Chapter 17: Experiments: Medical Breakthroughs or Misleading Results? 275
Chapter 18: Looking for Links: Correlation and Regression 293
Chapter 19: Two-Way Tables and Independence 311
Chapter 21: Ten Surefire Exam Score Boosters 349
Index 375
Subject Areas: Mathematics [PB]
