Statistics

by Robert S. Witte, John S. Witte

Drawing upon over 40 years of teaching experience, the authors of this highly accessible book provide a clear and methodical approach to essential statistical procedures. They use plain language to explain concepts, employ engaging examples, and incorporate extensive exercises to insure a better understanding of the material. The book successfully demystifies such commonly troublesome topics as the standard deviation, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, degrees of freedom, p-values, and estimates of effect size. Throughout its pages, concepts are emphasized rather than computations.

Genres: Nonfiction, Mathematics

560 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Caley Brennan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvellous! Lays out the philosophy and equations of basic statistics in a way that’s easy to understand and is an excellent book for anyone wanting a refresher on the subject.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only thing about statistics I had remembered from college was that a bell curve exists. Going through this text, it had an emphasis on understanding statistics presented to you. Statistics has serious limitations and the emphasis was on knowing what results mean instead of being math intensive and having you solve a bunch of tests. The examples used are often used again from another standpoint to show important experimental design is. This is a problem rampant in current science where even the tests chosen are often based on what fits experimental results instead of the other way around. Read cover to cover and I enjoyed it.