Statistics Essentials For Dummies

Author: Deborah Rumsey

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Description

Statistics Essentials For Dummies not only provides students enrolled in Statistics I with an excellent high-level overview of key concepts, but it also serves as a reference or refresher for students in upper-level statistics courses. Free of review and ramp-up material, Statistics Essentials For Dummies sticks to the point, with content focused on key course topics only. It provides discrete explanations of essential concepts taught in a typical first semester college-level statistics course, from odds and error margins to confidence intervals and conclusions. This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need to review critical statistics concepts as they help high school students with homework assignments, as well as for adult learners headed back into the classroom who just need a refresher of the core concepts. The Essentials For Dummies Series Dummies is proud to present our new series, The Essentials For Dummies. Now students who are prepping for exams, preparing to study new material, or who just need a refresher can have a concise, easy-to-understand review guide that covers an entire course by concentrating solely on the most important concepts. From algebra and chemistry to grammar and Spanish, our expert authors focus on the skills students most need to succeed in a subject.

Author description

Deborah Rumsey , PhD, is an Auxiliary Professor and Statistics Education Specialist at The Ohio State University. She is the author of Statistics For Dummies , Statistics II For Dummies , Statistics Workbook For Dummies , and Probability For Dummies .

Table of contents

Introduction. Chapter 1: Statistics in a Nutshell. Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics. Chapter 3: Charts and Graphs. Chapter 4: The Binomial Distribution. Chapter 5: The Normal Distribution. Chapter 6: Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem. Chapter 7: Confidence Intervals. Chapter 8: Hypothesis Tests. Chapter 9: The t -distribution. Chapter 10: Correlation and Regression. Chapter 11: Two-Way Tables. Chapter 12: A Checklist for Samples and Surveys. Chapter 13: A Checklist for Judging Experiments. Chapter 14: Ten Common Statistical Mistakes. Appendix: Tables for Reference. Index.