Statistics For Dummies

Statistics For Dummies
by Deborah Rumsey

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Author: Deborah Rumsey
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-25
ISBN: 0764554239
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: For Dummies
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Book Review: Not the college refresher I'd hoped for
Summary: 2 Stars

This book covers material that would be found in the early to mid-level phases of a college Statistics course. I was hoping for a deeper refresher, short of re-reading my college texts and notes, and this wasn't the place to find it.

Nonetheless, there are positives worth considering. This book spends a good amount of time discussing normal distributions, the errors encountered in sampling a population, and the testing of hypotheses based on sample statistics. In particular, the explanations for using a Z-distribution or t-distribution were much clearer than any I'd ever read in several university texts. In fact, the textual descriptions are among the most valuable portions of the book, in part because the quantitative portions are scarce.

On the bad side, waaay too much space is devoted to public surveys and the confidence you should or should not place in them. Those chapters could have been condensed into a single entry, and the repeated examples of misleading or incorrect statistical measures were not necessary. There's also virtually nothing on probabilities, the study of which is usually linked to statistics in the introductory courses.

There's simply not enough valuable material to make this a good choice for college prep or refresher material, and as an introductory text, you'll find better alternatives as well.

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Summary of Statistics For Dummies

In the numbers explosion all around us in our modern-day dealings, the buzzword is data, as in, ?Do you have any data to support your claim?? ?The data supported the original hypothesis that . . .? and ?The data bear this out. . . .? But the field of statistics is not just about data. Statistics is the entire process involved in gathering evidence to answer questions about the world, in cases where that evidence happens to be numerical data.

Statistics For Dummies is for everyone who wants to sort through and evaluate the incredible amount of statistical information that comes to them on a daily basis. (You know the stuff: charts, graphs, tables, as well as headlines that talk about the results of the latest poll, survey, experiment, or other scientific study.) This book arms you with the ability to decipher and make important decisions about statistical results, being ever aware of the ways in which people can mislead you with statistics. Get the inside scoop on number-crunching nuances, plus insight into how you can

Determine the odds
Calculate a standard score
Find the margin of error
Recognize the impact of polls
Establish criteria for a good survey
Make informed decisions about experiments

This down-to-earth reference is chock-full of real examples from real sources that are relevant to your everyday life: from the latest medical breakthroughs, crime studies, and population trends to surveys on Internet dating, cell phone use, and the worst cars of the millennium. Statistics For Dummies departs from traditional statistics texts, references, supplement books, and study guides in the following ways:

Practical and intuitive explanations of statistical concepts, ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations.
Clear and concise step-by-step procedures that intuitively explain how to work through statistics problems.
Upfront and honest answers to your questions like, ?What does this really mean?? and ?When and how I will ever use this??

Chances are, Statistics For Dummies will be your No. 1 resource for discovering how numerical data figures into your corner of the universe.

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