Description
Book SynopsisStatistics Essentials For Dummies(9781119590309) was previously published asStatistics Essentials For Dummies (9780470618394). While this version features a newDummiescover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. Statistics Essentials For Dummiesnot 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 Dummiessticks 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
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Chapter 1: Statistics in a Nutshell 5
Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics 13
Chapter 3: Charts and Graphs 23
Chapter 4: The Binomial Distribution 35
Chapter 5: The Normal Distribution 45
Chapter 6: Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 55
Chapter 7: Confidence Intervals 69
Chapter 8: Hypothesis Tests 87
Chapter 9: The t-Distribution 107
Chapter 10: Correlation and Regression 113
Chapter 11: Two-Way Tables 127
Chapter 12: A Checklist for Samples and Surveys 137
Chapter 13: A Checklist for Judging Experiments 147
Chapter 14: Ten Common Statistical Mistakes 155
Appendix: Tables for Reference 163
Index 171
