Modern statistics is very different from the dry & dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory & powerful software tools to shed light & enable understanding. & it sheds this light on all aspects of our lives enabling astronomers to explore the origins of the universe archaeologists to investigate ancient civilisations governments to understand how to benefit & improve society & businesses to learn how best to provide goods & services. Aimed at readers with no prior mathematical knowledge this Very Short Introduction explores & explains how statistics work & how we can decipher them. ...

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Fully endorsed by OCR & revised to match the 2005

Specification this series has been carefully revised by experienced

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Statistics Essentials For Dummies not only provides students enrolled in Statistics I with an excellent high-level overview of key concepts but it also serves as a reference or refresher for students in upper-level statistics courses. Free of review & ramp-up material Statistics Essentials For Dummies sticks to the point with content focused on key course topics only. It provides discrete explanations of essential concepts taught in a typical first semester college-level statistics course from odds & error margins to confidence intervals & conclusions. This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need to review critical statistics concepts as they help high school students with homework assignments as well as for adult learners headed back into the classroom who just need a refresher of the core concepts. The Essentials For Dummies Series Dummies is proud to present our new series The Essentials For Dummies. Now students who are prepping for exams preparing to study new material or who just need a refresher can have a concise easy-to-understand review guide that covers an entire course by concentrating solely on the most important concepts. From algebra & chemistry to grammar & Spanish our expert authors focus on the skills students most need to succeed in a subject. ...

The fun & 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 & calculations with lots of examples that show you how these concepts apply to your everyday life. Statistics For Dummies shows you how to interpret & critique graphs & charts determine the odds with probability guesstimate with complete confidence using confidence intervals set up & carry out a hypothesis test compute statistical formulas & more. Tracks to a typical first semester statistics course Updated examples resonate with today's students Explanations mirror teaching methods & classroom protocol Packed with practical advice & real-world problems Statistics For Dummies gives you everything you need to analyze & interpret data for enhanced classroom or on-the-job performance. ...

This inexpensive paperback provides a brief simple overview of statistics to help readers gain a better understanding of how statistics work & how to interpret them correctly. Each chapter describes a different statistical technique ranging from basic concepts like central tendency & describing distributions to more advanced concepts such as t tests regression repeated measures ANOVA & factor analysis. Each chapter begins with a short description of the statistic & when it should be used. This is followed by a more in-depth explanation of how the statistic works. Finally each chapter ends with an example of the statistic in use & a sample of how the results of analyses using the statistic might be written up for publication. A glossary of statistical terms & symbols is also included. New features in the third edition include: a new chapter on Factor & Reliability Analysis especially helpful to those who do and/or read survey research new Writing it Up" sections demonstrate how to write about & interpret statistics seen in books & journals a website at http://www.psypress.com/statistics-in-plain-english with Power Point presentations interactive problems (including an overview of the problem's solution for Instructors) with an IBM SPSS dataset for practice videos of the author demonstrating how to calculate & interpret most of the statistics in the book links to useful websites & an author blog new section on understanding the distribution of data (ch. 1) to help readers understand how to use & interpret graphs many more examples tables & charts to help students visualize key concepts. Statistics in Plain English Third Edition is an ideal supplement for statistics research methods and/or for courses that use statistics taught at the undergraduate or graduate level or as a reference tool for anyone interested in refreshing their memory about key statistical concepts. The research examples are from psychology education & other social & behavioral sciences." ...

This book is written for anyone who needs or wants to know how statistics work. It assumes no expert knowledge & teaches through words & diagrams rather than through figures formulae & equations
- providing the perfect approach for the non-mathematical reader. Written as a tutorial in print" Derek Rowntree

Includes:: questions in his argument; readers can answer them as they go enabling them to measure their performance & judge how far they have mastered the subject."


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This classic book uses words & diagrams rather than formulas & equations to help readers understand what statistics is & how to think statistically. It focuses on the ideas behind statistics only; readers are not required to perform any calculations. ...

A friendly hands-on guide to the dreaded field of statistics Competence in & understanding statistics is important to success in such fields as business & science & is often a requirement for college students in a variety of programs. This handy guide complements author Deborah Rumseys Statistics For Dummies by presenting exercises & fully worked solutions that let students & professionals practice & sharpen their statistical skills & understanding of the subject. Offering a simple straightforward examination of the process & products of statistical computation-as well as a wealth of tips & tricks-Statistics Workbook For Dummies is an invaluable resource for reinforcing the concepts & practice of statistics. ...

Megan is a suburban soccer mom who once upon a time walked on the wild side. Now shes got two kids a perfect husband a house with a picket fence & a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a talented documentary photographer but at the age of forty he finds himself in a dead-end job posing as a paparazzo pandering to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. Broome is a detective who cant let go of a cold case
- a local husband & father who disappeared seventeen years ago
- & spends the anniversary every year visiting a house frozen in time the missing mans family still waiting his slippers left by the recliner as if he might show up any moment to step into them. Three people living lives they never wanted hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present & threaten to ruin lives they will come to the startling realisation that they may not want to forget the past at all. & as each confronts the dark side of the American Dream
- the boredom of suburban life the thrill of temptation the desperation that can lurk behind even the prettiest facades
- they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life & another can be as whisper thin as a heartbeat...



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