Statistics Demystified | 
 enlarge | Author: Stan Gibilisco
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Category: Book
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Edition: 1
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0071431187
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.5
UPC: 639785508182
EAN: 9780071431187
Publication Date: July 1, 2004
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Product Description
Now anyone with an interest in mastering statistics can do so -- without formal training, unlimited time, or a private tutor. In Statistics Demystified, best-selling science and math writer Stan Gibilisco provides an effective, anxiety-soothing, and totally painless way to learn or review statistics fundamentals. With Statistics Demystified, you master the subject one simple step at a time -- at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide offers problems at the end of each chapter and part to help expose potential weaknesses, and a 100-question "final exam" to reinforce what you learned. If you want to build or refresh your understanding of statistics, here's a fast and entertaining self-teaching course that's specially designed to reduce anxiety. Get ready to:
* Absorb statistics jargon and notation
* Figure odds in games of chance and other situations using probability principles
* Understand randomness and uncertainty
* Discover the right ways to obtain data and mine it for meaning
* Create and interpret tables and graphs
* Take a "final exam" and grade it yourself!
Statistics Demystified is a great springboard for more-advanced and more-specific statistics courses and subjects. Let it be your direct route to learning or brushing up on this essential topic.
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 concise, easy to follow, highly recommended May 2, 2006
S. Greene (Brooklyn, NY)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I hadn't taken a Stastics course in over a decade, and was never much of a math whiz, but purchased this book to brush up on my statistics knowledge for my job. I found it extremely accessible and easy to use, without being too elementary. I actually had fun reading each chapter and completing the exercises and quizzes that accompanied each lesson. My only suggestion for improvement would be to include explanations along with the answer keys for each "quiz." This is a great choice for beginners.
Makes complicated stuff seem simple June 11, 2004
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
As an accountant and investor, I have to work with statistics from time to time (too often). I've always had trouble with it, especially graphs and charts. This book is helping me understand things that have always confused me. There are plenty of graphs, clearly drawn and well explained. The first chapter, "Background Math," was especially helpful as a mini-refresher course. So far, I have found the material amazingly simple. I think everybody should read this book (and take all the tests) before attempting a hard-core statistics course. After I am done with this book, I plan to tackle "Advanced Statistics Demystified" and "Business Statistics Demystified."
Interesting and Practical Statistics October 5, 2004
Gary Dukes (Richfield, MN USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I wanted to refresh my knowledge of statistics, and this book helped a lot. It is a treasure trove of basic probability and statistics concepts. I like the fact that it discusses hurricane landfall prediction and event bunching, which have been all too relevant. It even discusses the difference between random and predestined digits. The author's cautions about causation assumptions, coincidence and extrapolation are excellent. Going way beyond Cliff Notes, it nevertheles is not overly challenging. The book demystifies realistic, practical problems, such as analizing the results of a quiz given to a large number of students. The practice exams are challenging but not excessively so. Consider buying this book.
Stats Demystified September 9, 2005
Trina Maldonado (Minneapolis, MN)
1 out of 20 found this review helpful
The product was very well priced, order came on time and is in excellent condition.
 oh man... April 20, 2006
R Smith (chicago, il)
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
When a statistics book is written under the premise of "demystifying" and simplifying a complex subject starts off with a chapter on basic math, you know you are in trouble. True, the computation of statistics relies on formulas, but they will not help you understand statistics - in fact, students often learn statistics better when the focus is on the construction of concepts over time, not the memorization of random formulas, most of which will be forgotten in the long run.
This book is not entirely useless, but there are so many other better books on statistics. I recommend skipping this math...I mean, statistics book and focusing on them.
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