Utterly confused series

Includes index

Graphical displays -- Numerical measures of central tendency -- Numerical measures of variability -- Numerical measures of position -- Exploring bivariate data -- Exploring categorical data -- Randomness, uncertainty, and probability -- Discrete probability distributions -- The normal probability distribution -- Sampling distributions and the central limit theorem -- Confidence intervals: Large samples -- Hypothesis tests: large samples -- Confidence intervals and hypothesis tests: small samples -- Chi-square procedures -- One-way analysis of variance

Book Description: When it comes to understanding statistics, even good students can be confused. Perfect for students in any introductory non-calculus-based statistics course, and equally useful to professionals working in the world, Statistics for the Utterly Confused is your ticket to success. Statistical concepts are explained step-by-step and applied to such diverse fields as business, economics, finance, and more. The message of Statistics for the Utterly Confused is simple: you don't have to be confused anymore. Updated and expanded to give you the latest changes in the field, this up-to-the-minute edition includes many new examples of Excel output, the most widely used of all statistics programs; a new chapter on Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); and 200 additions to the 700 self-testing questions and answers. The expert author's Web site also gives you tons of fresh examples, practice problems, and strategies-so you can go from utterly confused to totally prepared in no time