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Statistics for dummies / by Deborah J. Rumsey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rumsey, Deborah J.
- Series:
- --For dummies.
- --For dummies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (388 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Pub., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 fir
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Vital statistics about statistics
- pt. 2. Number-crunching basics
- pt. 3. Distributions and the central limit theorom
- pt. 4. Guesstimating and hypothesizing with confidence
- pt. 5. Statistical studies and the hunt for a meaningful relationship
- pt. 6. The part of tens.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-119-29749-4
- 1-118-01204-6
- OCLC:
- 726828574
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