- Paperback: 318 pages
- Publisher: Schaum Outline Series (1 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0071350055
- ISBN-13: 978-0071350051
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.3 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 797,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Statistics for the Utterly Confused" is your user-friendly introduction to elementary statistics, designed especially for non-math majors. The required courses in statistics are cause for alarm among more than 500,000 undergraduates in such disciplines as nursing, allied health, pre-law, pre-medicine, business administration, and criminal justice. This super-accessible book demystifies the dreaded subject for non-math majors. "Statistics for the Utterly Confused" provides a logical, step-by-step approach to introductory statistics, stripping away confusing material and clarifying key concepts without long, theoretical discussion and includes: handy icons throughout the text that offer easy visual aids, and 500 self-testing questions. "Technology Corner" sections explain the latest software. this book provides more than 200 examples and solved problems.
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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. With the wealth of experience of the author, who has taught thousands of confused students, you'll discover a newer, clearer way to look at statistics. Don't wait another minuteget on the road to higher grades and greater confidence, and go from utterly confused to totally prepared in no time!
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was a complete deception.I'm completely lay to statistics. I can't understand many concepts, and I have never come into anybody who could explain them easily and clearly: neither at the University nor as PhD student. And what is worse, I have no time now to study statistics with ease.In my job, I should have more learning, but this has not been the case. I bought this book because I'm utterly confused. I'm still utterly confused.
This is a book for students of statistics. I'm NOT saying this is a bad book, it's full of examples (a bit boring for my taste), grades its difficulty, rakes the concepts, etc... But forgets a basic fact: the problem is understanding the concepts,and how to use each statistical tool or test, not the formulas. A clear example is "Chapter XXX: Chi-square distribution: you should read this chapter if you need to use the Chi-square distribution". Bright and clear.
Besides, it forgets that nowadays we use computers, most people use Excel, and they do all the dirty work, so the most important thing is to make us understand which is the RIGHT test to use in each case, preferrably in each software, not how the test works.
Buy this book if you want a tough basic knowledge of the matter and have time to spare. If you want to have your problems solved, ask your friend at the statistics department!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Although for the utterly confused, the book has a few confusing statements at the very beginning, two rather serious.
First, he uses the term 'class' where others use 'ranks'. The term 'class' is reserved for nominal data. The kind of data for which the author uses 'class' are ordinal and are therefore ranks, which are thereby ranked.
Second, he tells readers that they can rank data into 'classes' that overlap - e.g., 100-200, 200-300, etc. - and just not include the maximum data value in a given class. If this is not confusing for someone who may be confused about statistics, I don't know what is. The preferred and standard way of dealing with ranked data is to separate them into mutually exclusive groupings - e.g., 100- 199, 200-299, etc. There is much less likelihood of misinterpretation in dealing with the data in this way than there is in the way the author advises.
In saying this, I am not suggesting that the book has no value. It treats some subjects rather well. What the book needed was a proof reader that knew the subject well, but McGraw-Hill didn't seem to think this was necessary. (McGraw-Hill edition, 2000)
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Very comprehensive, excellent as reference, helped me a lot through my M248 OU study. Well recommended for stuidying at this level. I would consider it to be a complete beginner package.
Very comprehensive, excellent as reference, helped me a lot through my M248 OU study. Well recommended for stuidying at this level. I would consider it to be a complete beginner package.
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