Statistics All-in-One For Dummies
1. Auflage November 2022
560 Seiten, Softcover
Lehrbuch
The odds-on best way to master stats.
Statistics All-in-One For Dummies is packed with lessons, examples, and practice problems to help you slay your stats course. Develop confidence and understanding in statistics with easy-to-understand (even fun) explanations of key concepts. Plus, you'll get access to online chapter quizzes and other resources that will turn you into a stats master. This book teaches you how to interpret graphs, determine probability, critique data, and so much more. Written by an expert author and serious statistics nerd, Statistics AIO For Dummies explains everything in terms anyone can understand.
* Get a grasp of basic statistics concepts required in every statistics course
* Clear up the process of interpreting graphs, understanding polls, and analyzing data
* Master correlation, regression, and other data analysis tools
* Score higher on stats tests and get a better grade in your high school or college class
Statistics All-in-One For Dummies follows the curriculum of intro college statistics courses (including AP Stats!) so you can learn everything you need to know to get the grade you need--the Dummies way.
Unit 1: Getting Started with Statistics 5
Chapter 1: The Statistics of Everyday Life 7
Chapter 2: Taking Control: So Many Numbers, So Little Time 15
Chapter 3: Tools of the Trade 25
Unit 2: Number-Crunching Basics 47
Chapter 4: Crunching Categorical Data 49
Chapter 5: Means, Medians, and More 65
Chapter 6: Getting the Picture: Graphing Categorical Data 99
Chapter 7: Going by the Numbers: Graphing Numerical Data 125
Unit 3: Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 167
Chapter 8: Coming to Terms with Probability 169
Chapter 9: Random Variables and the Binomial Distribution 199
Chapter 10: The Normal Distribution 219
Chapter 11: The t-Distribution 251
Chapter 12: Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 263
Unit 4: Guesstimating and Hypothesizing with Confidence 285
Chapter 13: Leaving Room for a Margin of Error 287
Chapter 14: Confidence Intervals: Making Your Best Guesstimate 305
Chapter 15: Claims, Tests, and Conclusions 341
Chapter 16: Commonly Used Hypothesis Tests: Formulas and Examples 361
Unit 5: Statistical Studies and the Hunt for a Meaningful Relationship 389
Chapter 17: Polls, Polls, and More Polls 391
Chapter 18: Experiments and Observational Studies: Medical Breakthroughs or Misleading Results? 413
Chapter 19: Looking for Links: Correlation and Regression 435
Chapter 20: Two-Way Tables and Independence 467
Appendix : Tables for Reference 503
Index 513
