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Statistics For Dummies
by Deborah Rumsey
 
ISBN:0764554239
John Wiley & Sons
© 2003
(356 pages)

This reference offers explanations of statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations, and includes examples that show how these concepts apply to your everyday life.

Table of Contents
Statistics for Dummies
Introduction
Part I
- Vital Statistics about Statistics
Chapter 1
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The Statistics of Everyday Life
Chapter 2
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Statistics Gone Wrong
Chapter 3
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Tools of the Trade
Part II
- Number-Crunching Basics
Chapter 4
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Getting the Picture—Charts and Graphs
Chapter 5
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Means, Medians, and More
Part III
- Determining the Odds
Chapter 6
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What Are the Chances?—Understanding Probability
Chapter 7
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Gambling to Win
Part IV
- Wading through the Results
Chapter 8
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Measures of Relative Standing
Chapter 9
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Caution—Sample Results Vary!
Chapter 10
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Leaving Room for a Margin of Error
Part V
- Guesstimating with Confidence
Chapter 11
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The Business of Estimation—Interpreting and Evaluating Confidence Intervals

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