Statistics For Dummies [Paperback]

The fun and easy way to get down to business with statistics

Stymied by statistics? No fear? this friendly guide offers clear, practical explanations of statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations, with lots of examples that show you how these concepts apply to your everyday life.

Statistics For Dummies shows you how to interpret and critique graphs and charts, determine the odds with probability, guesstimate with confidence using confidence intervals, set up and carry out a hypothesis test, compute statistical formulas, and more.

• Tracks to a typical first semester statistics course
• Updated examples resonate with today's students
• Explanations mirror teaching methods and classroom protocol

Packed with practical advice and real-world problems, Statistics For Dummies gives you everything you need to analyze and interpret data for improved classroom or on-the-job performance.

Introduction 1

Part 1: Vital Statistics about Statistics 7

CHAPTER 1: Statistics in a Nutshell 9

CHAPTER 2: The Statistics of Everyday Life 23

CHAPTER 3: Taking Control: So Many Numbers, So Little Time 35

CHAPTER 4: Tools of the Trade 47

Part 2: Number-Crunching Basics 69

CHAPTER 5: Means, Medians, and More 71

CHAPTER 6: Getting the Picture: Graphing Categorical Data 95

CHAPTER 7: Going by the Numbers: Graphing Numerical Data 107

Part 3: Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 133

CHAPTER 8: Random Variables and the Binomial Distribution 135