

Beschreibung
Informationen zum Autor Deborah Rumsey, PhD, is a Professor of Statistics and Statistics Education Specialist at The Ohio State University. She is the author of Statistics For Dummies, Statistics Workbook For Dummies, Statistics II For Dummies, and Probability...Informationen zum Autor Deborah Rumsey, PhD, is a Professor of Statistics and Statistics Education Specialist at The Ohio State University. She is the author of Statistics For Dummies, Statistics Workbook For Dummies, Statistics II For Dummies, and Probability For Dummies . Klappentext 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 classStatistics 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. Zusammenfassung 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 classStatistics 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Unit 1: Getting Started with Statistics 5 Chapter 1: The Statistics of Everyday Life 7 Statistics and the Media: More Questions than Answers? 8 Probing popcorn problems 8 Venturing into viruses 8 Comprehending crashes 9 Mulling malpractice 9 Belaboring the loss of land 10 Scrutinizing schools 10 Scanning sports 10 Banking on business news 11 Touring the travel news 12 Surveying sexual stats 12 Breaking down weather reports 13 Using Statistics at Work 13 Delivering babies - and information 13 Posing for pictures 14 Poking through pizza data 14 Statistics in the office 14 Chapter 2: Taking Control: So Many Numbers, So Little Time 15 Detecting Errors, Exaggerations, and Just Plain Lies 16 Checking the math 16 Uncovering misleading statistics 17 Looking for lies in all the right places 22 Feeling the Impact of Misleading Statistics 23 Chapter 3: Tools of the Trade 25 Thriving in a Statistical World 25 St...
Autorentext
Deborah Rumsey, PhD, is a Professor of Statistics and Statistics Education Specialist at The Ohio State University. She is the author of Statistics For Dummies, Statistics Workbook For Dummies, Statistics II For Dummies, and Probability For Dummies.
Klappentext
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.
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 4
Unit 1: Getting Started with Statistics 5
Chapter 1: The Statistics of Everyday Life 7
Statistics and the Media: More Questions than Answers? 8
Probing popcorn problems 8
Venturing into viruses 8
Comprehending crashes 9
Mulling malpractice 9
Belaboring the loss of land 10
Scrutinizing schools 10
Scanning sports 10
Banking on business news 11
Touring the travel news 12
Surveying sexual stats 12
Breaking down weather reports 13
Using Statistics at Work 13
Delivering babies - and information 13
Posing for pictures 14
Poking through pizza data 14
Statistics in the office 14
Chapter 2: Taking Control: So Many Numbers, So Little Time 15
Detecting Errors, Exaggerations, and Just Plain Lies 16
Checking the math 16
Uncovering misleading statistics 17
Looking for lies in all the right places 22
Feeling the Impact of Misleading Statistics 23
Chapter 3: Tools of the Trade 25
Thriving in a Statistical World 25
Statistics: More than Just Numbers 26
Designing Appropriate Studies 28
Surveys (Polls) 28
Experiments 29
Collecting Quality Data 30
Sample, random, or otherwise 30
Bias 32
Grabbing Some Basic Statistical Jargon 33
Data 33
Data set 34
Variable 34
Population 34
Statistic 35
Parameter 35
Mean (Average) 36
Median 36
Standard deviation 36
Percentile 37
Standard score 37
Distribution and normal distribution 38
Central Limit Theorem 38
z-values 39
Margin of error 39
Confidence interval 40
Hypothesis testing 41
p-values 42
Statistical significance 42
Correlation, regression, and two-way tables 43
Drawing Credible Conclusions 44
Reeling in overstated results 44
Questioning claims of cause and effect 44
Becoming a Sleuth, Not a Skeptic 45
Unit 2: Number-Crunching Basics 47
Chapter 4: Crunching Categorical Data 49
Summing Up Data with Descriptive Statistics 49
Crunching Categorical Data: Tables and Percents 50
Counting on the frequency 50
Relating with percentages 52
Two-way tables: Summarizing multiple measures 54
Interpreting counts and percents with caution 55
Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 57
Whaddya Know? Chapter 4 Quiz 60
Answers to Chapter 4 Quiz 62
Chapter 5: Means, Medians, and More 65
Measuring the Center with Mean and Median 65
Averaging out to the mean 66
Splitting your data down the median 68
Comparing means and medians: Histograms 70
Accounting for Variation 74
Reporting the standard deviation 75
Being out of range 78
Examining the Empirical Rule (68-95-99.7) 79
Measuring Relative Standing with Percentiles 83
Calculating percentiles 83
Interpreting percentiles 85
Gathering…
