Statistics for Dummiesï¿½

Name: Statistics for Dummiesï¿½
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ISBN: 9780470911082

ISBN-10: 0470911085

ISBN-13: 9780470911082

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Deborah J. Rumsey

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Book details

List price: $14.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 5/6/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Introduction



Vital Statistics about Statistics



Statistics in a Nutshell



The Statistics of Everyday Life



Taking Control: So Many Numbers, So Little Time



Tools of the Trade



Number-Crunching Basics



Means, Medians, and More



Getting the Picture: Graphing Categorical Data



Going by the Numbers: Graphing Numerical Data



Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem



Random Variables and the Binomial Distribution



The Normal Distribution



The t-Distribution



Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem



Guesstimating and Hypothesizing with Confidence



Leaving Room for a Margin of Error



Confi dence Intervals: Making Your Best Guesstimate



Claims, Tests, and Conclusions



Commonly Used Hypothesis Tests: Formulas and Examples



Statistical Studies and the Hunt for a Meaningful Relationship



Polls, Polls, and More Polls



Experiments: Medical Breakthroughs or Misleading Results?



Looking for Links: Correlation and Regression



Two-Way Tables and Independence



The Part of Tens



Ten Tips for the Statistically Savvy Sleuth



Ten Surefi re Exam Score Boosters


Appendix: Tables for Reference


Index