Statistics DeMystiFieD, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Gibilisco, Stan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071751335 ISBN 13: 9780071751339

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2011

Synopsis

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MULTIPLY your chances of learning STATISTICS

Trying to understand statistics but feeling a bit uncertain? Here's your solution. Statistics Demystifed, Second Edition helps you master this fundamental topic with ease.

Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide begins by reviewing background mathematics, probability basics, and descriptive measures. The book goes on to demonstrate statistics in action with coverage of sampling, estimation, hypotheses, prediction, regression, correlation, causation, order, and chaos. Detailed examples, concise explanations, and worked-out problems make it easy to understand the material, and end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam help reinforce learning.

It's a no-brainer! You'll learn about:

• The probability fallacy
• Random sampling
• Estimation
• Assumptions and testing
• Chaos, bounds, and randomness
• Variance and standard deviation
• Correlation and cause/effect relations
• The use of statistics in medicine, law, math, and engineering

Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Statistics Demystified, Second Edition helps you master this essential subject.

About this title

Product Description:

Paperback. Pub the Date: March. 2011 Pages: 398 in Publisher by: McGraw-Hill Professional MULTIPLY your chances of learning STATISTICS Trying to rushed and disorderly manner statistics but feeling a bit uncertain Here's your solution. Statistics Demystifed. Second Edition helps you the master the this fundamental topic with ease . Written in a step-by-step format. this practical guide begins by reviewing background mathematics. probability basics. and descriptive measures. The book goes on to demonstrate statistics in action with coverage of sampling. estimation. hypotheses. prediction. regression. correlation . causation. order. and chaos. Detailed examples. concise explanations. and worked-out problems make it easy to understand the material. and end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam help reinforce learning. It's a no-ainer! You ' ll learn about: The probability fallacy ...

About the Author:

Stan Gibilisco is a professional technical writer who specializes in books on electronics and science topics. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Electronics, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing, and The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics, as well as over 20 other technical books. His published works have won numerous awards. The Encyclopedia of Electronics was chosen a "Best Reference Book of the 1980s" by the American Library Association, which also named his McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing a "Best Reference of 1996."

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0071751335
• ISBN 13: 9780071751339
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400