Statistics for Dummies
Part I: Vital Statistics about Statistics
Chapter 2: Statistics Gone Wrong
Part II: Number-Crunching Basics
Chapter 4: Getting the Picture - Charts and Graphs
Chapter 5: Means, Medians, and More
Part III: Determining the Odds
Chapter 6: What Are the Chances? - Understanding Probability
Part IV: Wading through the Results
Chapter 8: Measures of Relative Standing
Chapter 9: Caution - Sample Results Vary!
Examining Factors That Influence Variability in Sample Results
Chapter 10: Leaving Room for a Margin of Error
Part V: Guesstimating with Confidence
Chapter 11: The Business of Estimation - Interpreting and Evaluating Confidence Intervals
Chapter 12: Calculating Accurate Confidence Intervals
Chapter 13: Commonly Used Confidence Intervals - Formulas and Examples
Determining the Confidence Interval for the Population Proportion
Developing a Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Means
Coming Up with the Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Proportions
Part VI: Putting a Claim to the (Hypothesis) Test
Chapter 14: Claims, Tests, and Conclusions
Chapter 15: Commonly Used Hypothesis Tests - Formulas and Examples
Part VII: Statistical Studies - The Inside Scoop
Chapter 16: Polls, Polls, and More Polls
Chapter 17: Experiments - Medical Breakthroughs or Misleading Results?
Chapter 18: Looking for Links - Correlations and Associations
Quantifying the Relationship: Correlations and Other Measures
Explaining the Relationship: Association and Correlation versus Causation
Chapter 20: Ten Criteria for a Good Survey
Chapter 21: Ten Common Statistical Mistakes