U Can: Statistics For Dummies - Softcover

Rumsey, Deborah J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119084857 ISBN 13: 9781119084853

Publisher: For Dummies, 2015

Synopsis

Make studying statistics simple with this easy-to-read resource

Wouldn't it be wonderful if studying statistics were easier? With U Can: Statistics I For Dummies, it is! This one-stop resource combines lessons, practical examples, study questions, and online practice problems to provide you with the ultimate guide to help you score higher in your statistics course. Foundational statistics skills are a must for students of many disciplines, and leveraging study materials such as this one to supplement your statistics course can be a life-saver. Because U Can: Statistics I For Dummies contains both the lessons you need to learn and the practice problems you need to put the concepts into action, you'll breeze through your scheduled study time.

Statistics is all about collecting and interpreting data, and is applicable in a wide range of subject areas—which translates into its popularity among students studying in diverse programs. So, if you feel a bit unsure in class, rest assured that there is an easy way to help you grasp the nuances of statistics!

• Understand statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations
• Interpret and critique graphs and charts, determine probability, and work with confidence intervals
• Critique and analyze data from polls and experiments
• Combine learning and applying your new knowledge with practical examples, practice problems, and expanded online resources

U Can: Statistics I For Dummies contains everything you need to score higher in your fundamental statistics course!

About this title

About the Author

Deborah J. Rumsey, PhD, is a professor of statistics and the director of the Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center at the Ohio State University. David Unger is a faculty member in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

From the Inside Flap

Surmount statistics with these key lessons, practice problems, and easy-to-follow examples.

Statistics is hard, but you no longer need to be deluged by data. With U Can, studying the key concepts from your class just got easier than ever before.

Simply open this book to find help on all of the topics in your statistics class. You'll get clear content review, step-by-step examples, and hundreds of practice problems to help you really understand and retain each concept.

Stop feeling intimidated and start getting higher scores in class.

• All your course topics broken down into individual lessons
• Step-by-step example problems in every practice section
• Hundreds of practice problems allow you to put your new skills to work immediately
• FREE online access to 1,001 MORE statistics practice problems

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119084857
• ISBN 13: 9781119084853
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528