Statistics Essentials For Dummies 1st Edition

This was really useful in my college statistics class! It took key concepts and broke them down for easier understanding. I don’t know if I would have succeeded with it!

Needed for class statistics is not fun

This book helped me with my stats class big time! Wish I would have had it from week 1. Definitely worth the investment! Concepts are laid out simply and explained in layman's terms. The only drawback is it does not cover the more advanved stats concepts introduced later in the semester, but it is still a total lifesaver! I do not regret this purchase at all! 4 stars for lack of content of more advanced concepts.

Doesn’t provide you lengthy explanations, but heights of key concepts are drawn well.

On Page 95 there are errors in the bold-faced text explaining how to calculate a Z test statistic. This text contradicts the explanation given for the same formula in Statistics for Dummies, Page 239. I will have to research the web to see if the sample standard deviation, or the population deviation, is used in the formula.Step 1 says to calculate the sample standard deviation. Step2 says to subtract the null value from the population standard deviation. It should say to subtract the null value from the sample statistic. Step 3 says to calculate the standard error with the population standard deviation. But we calculated the sample standard deviation in Step 1.Overall, Essentials often clears up something in the main Dummies book, and is much less wordy. I like using the two together, but certainly not with the issue presented here.

Gave it as a surprise gift for one of my staff that was struggling with this class, she found it extremely helpful.

I used this book in combination with my online book that came with the class. It helped eventhough the class was still super hard.

This book helped me get a better understanding of statistics and I even got an A in my class. Never thought that day would come!