Book description
Practice your way to a higher statistics score
The adage that "practice makes perfect" is never truer than with math problems. Statistics Workbook For Dummies with Online Practice provides succinct content reviews for every topic, with plenty of examples and practice problems for each concept, in the book and online.
Every lesson begins with a concept review, followed by a few example problems and plenty of practice problems. There's a step-by-step solution for every problem, with tips and tricks to help with comprehension and retention. New for this edition, free online practice quizzes for each chapter provide extra opportunities to test your knowledge and understanding.
- Get FREE access to chapter quizzes in an online test bank
- Work along with each chapter or use the test bank for final exam review
- Discover which statistical measures are most meaningful
Scoring high in your Statistics class has never been easier!
Table of contents
- Cover
- Introduction
- Part 1: Getting Off to a Statistically Significant Start
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Part 2: Probability, Distributions, and the Central Limit Theorem (Are You Having Fun Yet?)
- Chapter 5: Understanding Probability Basics
- Chapter 6: Measures of Relative Standing and the Normal Distribution
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Chapter 7: The Binomial Distribution
- Characterizing the Binomial Distribution
- Finding Probabilities Using the Binomial Formula for small n
- Finding Probabilities Using the Binomial Table for Medium-Sized n
- Calculating the Mean and Variance of the Binomial
- Estimating Probabilities in Large Cases — the Normal Approximation
- Answers to Problems in the Binomial Distribution
- Chapter 8: The t-Distribution
- Chapter 9: Demystifying Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem
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Part 3: Guesstimating and Hypothesizing with Confidence
- Chapter 10: Making Sense of Margin of Error
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Chapter 11: Calculating Confidence Intervals
- Walking through a Confidence Interval
- Deriving a Confidence Interval for a Population Mean
- Figuring a Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion
- Calculating a Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Means
- Computing a Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Proportions
- Answers to Problems in Calculating Confidence Intervals
- Chapter 12: Deciphering Your Confidence Interval
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Chapter 13: Testing Hypotheses
- Walking Through a Hypothesis Test
- Testing a Hypothesis about a Population Mean
- Testing a Hypothesis about a Population Proportion
- Testing for a Difference between Two Population Means
- Testing for a Mean Difference (Paired t-Test)
- Testing a Hypothesis about Two Population Proportions
- Answers to Problems in Testing Hypotheses
- Chapter 14: Taking the Guesswork Out of p-Values and Type I and II Errors
- Part 4: Statistical Studies and the Hunt for a Meaningful Relationship
- Part 5: The Part of Tens
- Appendix: Tables for Reference
- Index
- About the Author
- Advertisement Page
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Statistics Workbook For Dummies with Online Practice, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2019
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781119547518
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