Rumsey, Deborah J.  1961- <br/><br/>
Statistics for dummies / 
by Deborah J. Rumsey. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Hoboken, NJ :  Wiley,  c2011. 
 - xiv, 370 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - For dummies .
 - For dummies. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Statistics in a nutshell -- The statistics of everyday life -- Taking control: so many numbers, so little time -- Tools of the trade -- Means, medians, and more -- Getting the picture: graphing categorical data -- Going by the numbers: graphing numerical data -- Random variables and the binomial distribution -- The normal distribution -- The t-distribution -- Sampling distributions and the central limit theorem -- Leaving room for a margin of error -- Confidence intervals: making your best guesstimate -- Claims, tests, and conclusions -- Commonly used hypothesis tests: formulas and examples -- Polls, polls, and more polls -- Experiments: medical breakthroughs or misleading results? -- Looking for links: correlation and regression -- Two-way tables and independence. 
<br/><br/> This guide shows you how to collect, graph, and critique data; decipher distributions; calculate confidence intervals and hypothesis tests; analyze data with correlation, regression, and two-way tables; and much more. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470911082 (pbk.) 0470911085 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011921775  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Statistics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HA29  / .R84 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>519.5