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" The complete idiot's guide to statistics "
by Robert A. Donnelly.
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BL
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802407
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by Robert A. Donnelly.
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The complete idiot's guide to statistics\ by Robert A. Donnelly.
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2nd ed
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New York, NY: Alpha, ©2007.
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(xx, 395 pages) : illustrations
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1101082895
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: 110109477X
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: 1101097744
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: 142951390X
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: 9781101082898
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: 9781101094778
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: 9781101097748
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: 9781429513906
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Part 1: Basics --; 1: Let's get started --; 2: Data, data everywhere and not a drop to drink --; 3: Displaying descriptive statistics --; 4: Calculating descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency (mean, median, and mode) --; 5: Calculating descriptive statistics: measures of dispersion --; Part 2: Probability Topics --; 6: Introduction to probability --; 7: More probability stuff --; 8: Counting principles and probability distributions --; 9: Binomial probability distribution --; 10: Poisson probability distribution --; 11: Normal probability distribution --; Part 3: Inferential Statistics --; 12: Sampling --; 13: Sampling distributions --; 14: Confidence intervals --; 15: Introduction to hypothesis testing --; 16: Hypothesis testing with one sample --; 17: Hypothesis testing with two samples --; Part 4: Advanced Inferential Statistics --; 18: Chi-square probability distribution --; 19: Analysis of variance --; 20: Correlation and simple regression --; Appendixes --; A: Solutions to "your turn" --; B: Statistical tables --; C: Glossary --; Index.
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From the Publisher: Not a numbers person? No problem! This new edition is aimed at high school and college students who need to take statistics to fulfill a degree requirement and follows a standard statistics curriculum. Readers will find information on frequency distributions; mean, median, and mode; range, variance, and standard deviation; probability; and more. Emphasizes Microsoft Excel for number-crunching and computations.
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MATHEMATICS -- Probability Statistics -- General.
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Mathematics.
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Statistics.
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QA276.B976 2007
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Robert A Donnelly, Jr.
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Complete idiot's guide; Statistics
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