
Statistics 101
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Data is everywhere. In the age of the internet and social media, we're responsible for consuming, evaluating, and analyzing data on a daily basis. From understanding the percentage probability that it will rain later today, to evaluating your risk of a health problem, or the fluctuations in the stock market, statistics impact our lives in a variety of ways, and are vital to a variety of careers and fields of practice.
Unfortunately, most statistics text books just make us want to take a snooze, but with Statistics 101, you'll learn the basics of statistics in a way that is both easy-to-understand and apply. From learning the theory of probability and different kinds of distribution concepts, to identifying data patterns and graphing and presenting precise findings, this essential guide can help turn statistical math from scary and complicated, to easy and fun.
Whether you are a student looking to supplement your learning, a worker hoping to better understand how statistics works for your job, or a lifelong learner looking to improve your grasp of the world, Statistics 101 has you covered.
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- Intro
- Introduction
- The Basics of Statistics
- How Statistics Are Used
- Key Points of Statistical Analytics
- Mixing Up the Test
- Knowing the Quality of Your Data
- Modeling Risk, Measuring Samples, and Predicting
- Frequency Distributions
- Dot Plots, Bar Charts, Histograms, Frequency Polygons
- More Ways to See Numbers-Based Data
- The Mean, the Median, and the Mode
- The Range and Interquartile Range
- Mean Deviations and Variations
- The Law of Large Numbers
- Empirical Probability and Subjective Probability
- Yes or No
- Basics of Probability Distributions
- Analyzing Probability Distributions
- The Roll of the Dice
- Normal Distribution
- The Central Limit Theorem
- Outliers on the Bell Curve
- Limited and Unlimited Data
- Variance as a Measure of Risk
- Size Matters
- Measuring Distribution
- What Are Confidence Intervals?
- Measuring Confidence Intervals
- The Basics of Hypothesis Testing
- Taking It to the Next Level
- Measuring Large Sample Population Proportions
- The Hypothesis Test
- Patterns in Data
- Predicting the Future
- The t-Distribution
- Groups of Data
- Tests for Two Populations
- Statistics in Academic Research
- Getting Good Data
- A Regression Example
- What Regression Data Tables Tell Us
- Determining the Causes
- Chi-Square Distribution
- ANOVA Basics
- ANOVA at Work
- Quantitative Research Design
- Quality of the Data
- Quantity and Sourcing of the Data
- Appropriate Survey Design
- The Ethics of Statistics
- Big Data, Supercomputers, and Artificial Intelligence
- Photographs
- About the Author
- Index
- Copyright
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