Statistics Demystified - Softcover

Stan Gibilisco

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ISBN 10: 0071431187 ISBN 13: 9780071431187

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004

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Paperback book. McGraw-Hill publishers. Stan Gibilisco, author. Approximate size, 7.25 x 9.25. 2004 edition. Printed in the USA. Total 335 pages. Contains black and white illustrations/Drawings. There is a crease on the front cover across the bottom lower right corner. Just normal shelf wear. The spine is tight and straight, the pages are clean and without markings. Glossy covers. "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. 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." A good book! *3BC0

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INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF LEARNING STATISTICS

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.

About the Author:

Stan Gibilisco is one of McGraw-Hill's most prolific and popular authors. His clear, reader-friendly writing style makes his electronics books accessible to a wide audience, and his background in mathematics and research makes him an ideal editor for professional handbooks. He is the author of the TAB Encyclopedia of Electronics for Technicians and Hobbyists, Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, and The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics. Booklist named his McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing a "Best Reference" of 1996.

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