Statistics: 1,001 Practice Problems For Dummies - Softcover

The Experts At Dummies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118776046 ISBN 13: 9781118776049

Publisher: For Dummies, 2014

Synopsis

1,001 practice opportunities to score higher in statistics

1,001 Statistics Practice Problems For Dummies takes you beyond the instruction and guidance offered in Statistics For Dummies to give you a more hands-on understanding of statistics. The practice problems offered range in difficulty, including detailed explanations and walk-throughs.

In this series, every step of every solution is shown with explanations and detailed narratives to help you solve each problem. With the book purchase, you’ll also get access to practice statistics problems online. This content features 1,001 practice problems presented in multiple choice format; on-the-go access from smart phones, computers, and tablets; customizable practice sets for self-directed study; practice problems categorized as easy, medium, or hard; and a one-year subscription with book purchase.

• Offers on-the-go access to practice statistics problems
• Gives you friendly, hands-on instruction
• 1,001 statistics practice problems that range in difficulty

1,001 Statistics Practice Problems For Dummies provides ample practice opportunities for students who may have taken statistics in high school and want to review the most important concepts as they gear up for a faster-paced college class.

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Free one-year access to practice problems online:

• All 1,001 practice problems online — from easy to hard
• Track your progress, see where you need more help, and create customized problem tests
• Study what, where, and when you want
• 1,001 practice problems covering all of the topics in your statistics course
• Detailed, step-by-step answers and explanations for every problem

1,001 problems with step-by-step solutions

This handy guide, with free access to practice problems online, gives you 1,001 opportunities to practice solving statistics problems. From the normal distribution, hypothesis tests, and the slope of a regression line to histograms and more, it’s all here and easy to find. Every practice question includes not only a solution but also a step-by-step explanation. Solving problems online, you’ll track your progress, see where you need more help, and create customized problem sets.

• All about random variables — practice identifying variables’ characteristics and distributions, determining their means and standard deviations, and finding probabilities and percentiles
• Work with inference — use confidence intervals when you want to make an estimate regarding population and a hypothesis test when there’s a supposed value regarding the population and you’re putting it to the test
• Explore relationships — use scatter plots and two-way tables containing rows and columns to look for relationships between two random variables
• Survey it — plan a survey, select a representative sample of individuals to include, and carry out the survey properly
• (More) practice makes perfect — use your free one-year subscription for online access to all 1,001 practice problems

Go beyond the book. Get online and find:

• A free one-year subscription to all problems
• Multiple-choice questions on many of the topics you’ll encounter in your statistics course
• Personalized reports that track your progress and help show you where you need to study the most
• Customizable practice sets for self-directed study
• Practice problems categorized as easy, medium, or hard

From the Inside Flap

Get:

Free one-year access to practice problems online:

• All 1,001 practice problems online — from easy to hard
• Track your progress, see where you need more help, and create customized problem tests
• Study what, where, and when you want
• 1,001 practice problems covering all of the topics in your statistics course
• Detailed, step-by-step answers and explanations for every problem

1,001 problems with step-by-step solutions

This handy guide, with free access to practice problems online, gives you 1,001 opportunities to practice solving statistics problems. From the normal distribution, hypothesis tests, and the slope of a regression line to histograms and more, it’s all here and easy to find. Every practice question includes not only a solution but also a step-by-step explanation. Solving problems online, you’ll track your progress, see where you need more help, and create customized problem sets.

• All about random variables — practice identifying variables’ characteristics and distributions, determining their means and standard deviations, and finding probabilities and percentiles
• Work with inference — use confidence intervals when you want to make an estimate regarding population and a hypothesis test when there’s a supposed value regarding the population and you’re putting it to the test
• Explore relationships — use scatter plots and two-way tables containing rows and columns to look for relationships between two random variables
• Survey it — plan a survey, select a representative sample of individuals to include, and carry out the survey properly
• (More) practice makes perfect — use your free one-year subscription for online access to all 1,001 practice problems

Go beyond the book. Get online and find:

• A free one-year subscription to all problems
• Multiple-choice questions on many of the topics you’ll encounter in your statistics course
• Personalized reports that track your progress and help show you where you need to study the most
• Customizable practice sets for self-directed study
• Practice problems categorized as easy, medium, or hard

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118776046
• ISBN 13: 9781118776049
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512