A friendly, hands-on guide to the dreaded field of statistics Competence in and understanding statistics is important to success in such fields as business and science, and is often a requirement for college students in a variety of programs.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0764584669
ISBN-13
9780764584664
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45101469
Product Key Features
Author
Deborah Rumsey
Publication Name
Statistics Workbook for Dummies
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Probability & Statistics / General
Publication Year
2005
Type
Workbook
Subject Area
Mathematics
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.9 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
8.4 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2005-298252
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Qa276
Edition Description
Workbook
Table of Content
Introduction. Part I: Getting Off to a Statistically Significant Start. Chapter 1: Summarizing Categorical Data: Counts and Percents. Chapter 2: Organizing Categorical Data: Charts and Graphs. Chapter 3: Organizing Quantitative Data: Charts and Graphs. Chapter 4: Summarizing Quantitative Data: Means, Medians, and More. Part II: Probability, the Normal Distribution, and the Central Limit Theorem (Are You Having Fun Yet?). Chapter 5: Understanding Probability Basics. Chapter 6: Measures of Relative Standing and the Normal Distribution. Chapter 7: Demystifying Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem. Part III: Guesstimating with Confidence. Chapter 8: Making Sense of Margin of Error. Chapter 9: Calculating Confidence Intervals. Chapter 10: Deciphering Your Confidence Interval. Part IV: Putting a Claim to the (Hypothesis) Test. Chapter 11: Testing Hypotheses. Chapter 12: Taking the Guesswork Out of p-Values and Type I and II Errors. Part V: Getting the Inside Scoop on Statistical Studies. Chapter 13: Examining Polls and Surveys. Chapter 14: Evaluating Experiments. Part VI: Exploring and Describing Relationships between Two Variables. Chapter 15: Looking for Links in Categorical Data: Two-Way Tables. Chapter 16: Searching for Links in Quantitative Data: Correlation and Regression. Part VII: The Part of Tens. Chapter 17: Math Review: Ten Steps to a Better Grade.3 Chapter 18: Top Ten Statistical Formulas. Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Spot Common Statistical Mistakes.3 Index.